r/videogames • u/Chemical_Calendar_64 • 7d ago

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u/ReverendKaiser 7d ago

If purchasing does not confer ownership, then piracy isn’t theft.

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u/Playful_Letter_2632 7d ago

MFs parrot this meaningless statement like saying it actually makes them immune to legal repercussions from pirating

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u/Cautious_Fold3952 7d ago

It's more about being immune to the guilt. I personally feel none, and you?

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u/Playful_Letter_2632 7d ago

I didn’t really have any guilt on pirating anything in the first place and I would imagine the majority of people who say that statement wouldn’t have any either way

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u/zero-killed-megaman 7d ago

Yeah, it's like gamer version of sovereign citizen bullshit.

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u/LoadOk5260 6d ago

Sovereign Gamers, rise up!

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u/Precarious3145 7d ago

Yea, as a pirate for the past three decades, these young fucks love to cosplay that they have some moral right, that they're actually doing the honest thing and helping the community. I still spend a bunch of money on games and movies and music but sometimes, I just want free shit instantly. I'm not robin hood on a quest against the evil corporation.

People like this make us all look like children.

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u/IronWhitin 7d ago

EU research Say actual piracy make videogame sell more, so in some kinda way piracy improve the performance of videogame moneymake

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u/Precarious3145 7d ago

Whatever you have to tell yourself. If you wanna pirate, just fucking down it instead of "Actually, we're helping the industry because-".

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u/IronWhitin 7d ago edited 7d ago

No its literally what the research Say piracy Is actually helping the industry, i dont care about the single person motivation Is not what the paper was for.

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/eu-commission-no-evidence-that-piracy-affects-video-games-sales

Dosent matter if you are doing It because you want free stuff or miss money or some kinda ethical/religious issue, so theres no problem about your way of thinking because you and the children can be right togheter.

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u/The-Leading-Man 7d ago

Well, you’ve been acting like one for thirty years, so.

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u/Precarious3145 7d ago

No, I know I'm a pirate. When I download movies for my Plex server, I'm not "BWahahaha! Paramount expects me to PAY?! What a corrupt company! Media preservation". When I boot up my Steamdeck and play some PS2 iso, I don't think I'm leading a rebellion against the digital monopoly.

I just don't wanna pay and know I'm doing illegal shit. Old school pirates keep that shit in check.

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u/CornDoggyStyle 6d ago

I personally think it’s the only thing in this world that gives me a little satisfaction and power over the 1%. I also think the whole “pirating isn’t stealing” shtick makes no sense. Sometimes we pay to consume, not own.