Comments on: Can Piracy Ever be Stopped?

By: kataanglover1

kataanglover1 — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 19:41:57 +0000

I must say a well written article. Although you made some mistakes. You treat piracy as if it’s all bad. Yes stealing is wrong, don’t get me wrong on that front, but if you look at the last five years piracy has really spurred studios. People use piracy to “demo” a game before they go out and buy it. Or preview a movie so they can recommend whether or not to go to it with friends.

By: McNuggets

McNuggets — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:11:42 +0000

Piracy itself will never go away because people can’t help getting things for free regardless of what it is. I do believe people will be less inclined to pirate if (Big if) companies eventually learn that their digital products no longer have the worth as they once did before the age of internet. If digital products such as games & music become much cheaper where the value/cost is worth to the consumer & is unDRM or has very non-intrusive DRM like Steam, then people would still buy good products to support the developers who will continue to develop better products.

Anyway, good article. Like you wrote, piracy will only get more rampant over time if the companies don’t learn from their mistakes considering new technology will only improve the DL/UL speeds of individuals which would only make filesharing easier.

By: oenone

oenone — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:33:08 +0000

yup we should buy orignal not pirated products

i know that orignal is mush more expensive but just think of jobs that will be lost if a certain company shuts down due to piracy.

so i say STOP PIRACY!!!!

By: Miksas

Miksas — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:33:50 +0000

Piracy can never be stopped unless companies stopped selling OVERPRICED products, don't you think? Physical items are stolen without an afterthought, how much more for ephemeral products like music or games ? .-= Miksas´s last blog ..RIP Michael Jackson June 25, 2009 =-.