File-sharing fines: are you next?

Andras84 - 476 days 14 hours ago

I only have Gears of War and Crysis for PC now.
PC gaming is not even interesting to me...I don't like mous+keyboard anyway.

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Prototype - 476 days 13 hours ago

Oh look, another wanna-be Napster case. I get so sick of companies blaming P2P when they don't make millions. Everyone knows its companies that spend a whole $15 to make a garbage game, and complain because no one cares for it. First it was the music industry, now its gaming, whats next, porno industry?

Stories like this make me glad I'm a console gamer where I can choose to buy/trade games as I want, not keep an expensive drink coaster if I don't like the game.

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Bullseye - 476 days 12 hours ago

Firstly, the assumption that cracking down on software piracy will somehow increase software sales significantly is erroneous.The majority of people who are pirating software will NOT go out and buy it, and never will.There are many reasons for this, far too many to discuss in a few lines.
Okay the important stuff,then.A question to all you budding lawyers out there. Who owns your transmitted data while it crosses boundaries on it's way to it's destination? What legal right does any government have to 'own 'parts of the internet or view it's traffic,whatever the pretence for doing so? Why do ISP's not provide encryption for all internet traffic - yours and mine,by default? I would be very interested in your comments.There are surely issues here, that go far beyond an individuals uploading of software! Why is it that recent legislation allows RECORD COMPANIES to monitor internet traffic for 'illegal' music downloads? Why should record companies that have failed to secure their material effectively be allowed to compensate, by arbitrarily monitoring internet traffic in the hope of finding copyright infringers? Personally, given a choice, i will be boycotting all ISP's that sign up to this absolute invasion of my privacy,full stop. Including,Virgin media,BT and others.

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Grassroots - 476 days 9 hours ago

I never have pirated a game, or movie. If I ever did I'd be smart and not share it with others which is how most get caught. Make a little sense right.

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Silogon - 476 days 17 hours ago

Good, I hope the eradicate all you cheap ass bathturds. As I made a post the other day saying the same thing "Gamers are cheap" They are the cheapest people on the planet and if they're not stealing something, they're getting it used or at discounted cost.

The reason why games are now 60 bucks is because of cheap ass gamers buying their games from used game stores and off e-bay and Amazon from individual sellers. Don't fool yourselves about this disc costing more crap! It cost more cause you all stole more.

I hate cheap people and even more when I see cheap people stealing movies, music and games. this isn't like stealing food to survive. This is stealing non necessities and trying to justify it. Gamers squeeze their quarter so tight the eagle screams. All I can say.

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Cuthroat - 476 days 13 hours ago

That much government control reeks of communism and takes out capitalism and a free market society. The reason games are $60 is because that is what the market can bear - and that is with people buying used games. If the rules were the way you want them to be then games would be well over a $100. That is what is great about a free market society is that we can buy used games, and we can determine what or what not the market will bear. There is a big difference between being "cheap" and financially responsible.

As far as people getting games for free on the internet then I agree - it is stealing and wrong. It is destroying PC gaming and Console gaming suffers as well with chips and what not. Competition between all platforms is best for all.

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