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Article #709859Re: Do only pirates reduce sales hence causing damage to PC Games?
From: Gandalf Parker
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:07
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:07
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"The Qurqirish Dragon" <qurqi...@aol.com> contributed wisdom to news:117362397...@q40g2000cwq.googlegroups.com: > So, up to interpretation of the circumstances in the first case, > either 2 or all 3 of these people are pirates. Actually thats always been the whole battle. Copy protection isnt discussed at corporate level as "pirate protection". Its called copy protection for a reason. I keep seeing arguments about "you cant stop real pirates" or "it only harms those who have legal copies" or "why dont they go after the reasl pirate sites" which makes me want to yell DUH as if thats news to anyone. The industry is damaged much more by good intentioned people who feel they arent really pirating software. They are just loaning a copy to a friend or "I bought the game and should be able to play with who I want without another CD" etc etc. So the most effective means available to the industry is to bring to court any site that isnt clear about BEING a pirate site (pirate sites that hide behind words like backups or abandoneware), and to put in "copy protection" to keep people from easily making copies. Gandalf Parker
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