On 8-8-2011 17:33, Warp wrote:
> Ive<ive### [at] lilysoftorg>  wrote:
>> Am 08.08.2011 01:48, schrieb Darren New:
>
>>> And this is why creative people hate pirates, even if "they wouldn't
>>> have bought the content anyway."
>
>> This "I wouldn't have bought it anyway."-argument is something I was
>> always wondering about. Does it mean that someone prefers (take music as
>> example) to listen to songs he actually doesn't like just because he was
>> able to get them for free.

Often it means that people do like things, but not enough to buy them. 
One potential flaw in this argument is that they don't like them enough 
to buy, *because* they can get it and similar things for 'free'.

I also know people that collect music. Even the sort of music they don't 
like themselves. Just for the sake of collecting. They might simply be 
addicted to collecting, I don't know.

>    Some time ago I was at a friend's home, and another friend of his gave
> him a pirated and cracked version of Assassin's Creed 2 on DVD-R. I asked
> why. It's not like his life depended on the 50 euros that it would have
> costed to buy the game.

I have been given copies of music CD's for my birthday. Most people know 
that I try to keep my music collection clean from content that I did not 
buy. Even knowing that does not stop them. I simply can not understand 
that. Why would you give somebody something you know he doesn't want and 
certainly is not going to keep?

(OK, you might do that to introduce me to some music that I might like, 
so I would buy it myself if I liked it, but I am pretty sure that was 
not the intention)

BTW I find it hard to throw these disks away, because they were gifts. 
But I never listen to them again. (just once, see above).


>
>    His answer: "What if I don't have 50 euros?"
>
>    I was perplexed. I asked what exactly forces him to play the game in
> question if he can't afford it.
>
>    He presented the argument completely seriously. I don't understand why
> some people honestly think that's any kind of justification. It's not like
> playing a computer game is necessary for anything at all. I don't understand
> by what logic if you can't afford a game, it's ok to pirate it. What kind
> of sense does that make?

None at all (to us).



-- 
Apparently you can afford your own dictator for less than 10 cents per 
citizen per day.

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