That is wrong. You can't steal watch_dogs through a torrent.
You are making a copy of the game, this can be repeated a infinite of times.
It's stealing you can spin it like you want but you steal property of someone without is authorisation
That is wrong. You can't steal watch_dogs through a torrent.
You are making a copy of the game, this can be repeated a infinite of times.
No. You are making a copy.
You're stealing someone's intellectual property.
You are taking someone's property without their permission. Let's use an example. Say you were a professional photographer and I copied one of your photos and put it in my own portfolio. And let's say I'm making money off it too, and you're not getting a dime. Have I stolen from you? Would you be pissed?
Someone makes up a story on 4Chan and people just assume it's a PR stunt. Really???
Someone makes up a story on 4Chan and people just assume it's a PR stunt. Really???
That would be stealing the games code and selling it as your own.
Piracy is me selling the photo and you taking a copy of it,
that would be a potential loss of profit but i don't know if you'd buy it otherwise.
You mean he's making counterfeit?You're stealing someone's intellectual property.
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You're stealing someone's intellectual property.
That would be stealing the games code and selling it as your own.
Piracy is me selling the photo and you taking a copy of it,
that would be a potential loss of profit but i don't know if you'd buy it otherwise.
You mean he's making counterfeit?
Just wait for it to go on sale on steam.
No, I could be selling it as yours and not pay you a penny.
Basically, I'm trying to shoehorn the Bitcoin angle into this. I wonder how Ubisoft feels about someone making money off their back (if this is true)?
Again, this is copying, not stealing.
You can't steal my pictures, well you can... if you steal my hard drive or my camera.
It's probably small potatoes compared to what Ubisoft makes on, say, an Assassin's Creed release.
even the pirated version has exclusive content.
What if I copied them from your hdd without you looking?Again, this is copying, not stealing.
You can't steal my pictures, well you can... if you steal my hard drive or my camera.
What if I copied them from your hdd without you looking?
How is this relevant?
Or take them from your website.
What if I copied them from your hdd without you looking?
And copying intellectual property is "intellectual property theft", aka stealing according to the US Law.Again, this is copying, not stealing.
How do you know they would've actually bought the game if there was no free alternative?
Doesn't change a thing.
So... no big deal if I distribute your pictures as my own and you don't get a dime?You answer yourself. If you delete them afterwards then we can consider it stealing or "cutting".
Copying intellectual property without permission is a form of theft.Again, this is copying, not stealing.
You can't steal my pictures, well you can... if you steal my hard drive or my camera.
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That is wrong. You can't steal watch_dogs through a torrent.
You are making a copy of the game, this can be repeated a infinite of times.
So... no big deal if I distribute your pictures as my own and you don't get a dime?
That's doubly entertaining because of the theme of Watch_Dogs.
same thing happened when i installed battlefield 3 and 4..software was called origin
Origin mines Bitcoins?
Blue Screen crashes, additional power consumption, and an overall unstable computer
wtf is a bitcoin and what can i do with it?
slows your computer part
Bitcoins are an alternative virtual currency which is used by libertarians who hate the government and criminals who need an easy way to launder money or transfer it or sell illegal items. There is a limited amount of them that will be created through a process called "mining" which is what this virus makes computers do.
Bitcoin provides no use for regular people and they are very risky to use so you should stay away from them.
even the pirated version has exclusive content.
No, because they're stupid. These old men in the boardrooms are unable of comprehending that their business practices are actually causing the piracy in the first place.Let me ask you this: Do you think that publishers would drop current prices if piracy was magically made inconvenient or eliminated entirely?
No, because they're stupid. These old men in the boardrooms are unable of comprehending that their business practices are actually causing the piracy in the first place.
I'm not referring just to the game industry, it mostly applies to music and movies. By reducing prices and making it easier for people to get what they want legally, it will reduce piracy by quite a bit. Netflix alone has made a huge dent in piracy out of sheer convenience, but the movie industry will never admit it. It hasn't stopped piracy, of course, but it has reduced it. Downloading a torrent from TPB was more convenient than going to the store. Queuing it up in Netflix is even easier, so people just do that now.
There will always be those that refuse to pay for anything. And they deserve whatever crap comes down the pipe attached to that torrent file. While I think adding a Bitcoin miner is a bit of a dick move, so is downloading the game. I'm very much on the fence about the game, but I have no intention of pirating it. I'll just wait for the price to come down to a level I believe the game is worth. If it's damage to the publisher I want to do, that's enough.. I haven't bought it day one, so I've hurt their bottom line and their first-week sales. They don't care if I buy it six months from now for half price... if I didn't buy it day one, they've failed.
What happened with this thread? Why is everyone arguing over piracy?