One of the biggest arguments on the side of the pirates. Is that a person downloading an illegal copy is “trying before they buy!” Is seems perfectly acceptable to use the full product and then have the right not to pay afterwards! Only for Software and with some magical justification, this is supposed to be alright? Would this be an acceptable excuse for any other situation…?
A wife walks in to her bedroom to find her husband of 25 years, cheating with a younger woman. “Honey, it’s not what it looks like…” He stammers. “I was only thinking of cheating with this woman, but I’d thought I would try and see if it was suitable first!”
A Young Man steps before the judge. “Before I sentence you, do you have anything to say?” The young man thinks about it and then speaks. “I was only borrowing the car, I am taking my driving test in a few months and I am trying out the car I’d like to buy!”
It seems like the lamest excuse in the world, and that’s what they are, just excuses! There is no product in the real world you can use for its lifetime, and then decide to buy. It would be like wearing a pair of shoes, for 10 years of normal use, until the soles had fallen off, and then having the nerve to take it back.
Even if you paid for the shoes, that’s not the way things are done. You buy them, then if you don’t like it you complain about it! That is every consumer’s right! Everything has a natural order, and for good reason.
Why should you be able to take liberties with software? You are probably thinking of “Try Before You Buy!” Granted there are lots of real world products that offer these deals. But then again, so do software products, they are called Trial Versions or Demo Games!
We are already starting to see the demise of PC software. This is what people mean when we say the “death of!” We don’t mean that no one will ever make PC software ever again! Just that it will be so awkward with so many strings attached, that no one will want to use it.
Always Online Checks.
Restrictive DRMs.
6 months delay between Console and PC Games.
Cloud Computing.
Suing Customers.
…And many, many more!
These are all in response to Piracy of PC Games… now I am not saying that in certain situations perhaps game publishers didn’t deserve it. What I am saying is there is a balance, but it is so far in favour of the illegal downloaders that something drastic is bound to happen! Illegal downloaders have been taking liberties, and they should be able to admit it.
When parents see their children grow to a certain age, becoming young adults themselves. That feeling to kick them out begins to occupy parent’s thoughts. As the kids lounge around, making a mess, and enjoying their youth, it’s only a matter of time before the parents feel taken advantage of…
Game publishers are the parents! They have been tolerant and they have asked nicely! They have changed the locks! They have threatened to kick you out! But now they have just plain had enough! Something drastic is about to happen!
As an avid gamer, I know… this won’t be good..!
It’s time to grow up; it’s time to leave the nest. WarFace will kick the Pirates out, but we will always love you as if you were our children. That is the WarFace way, to start a change, that is better, for everyone, not just Gamers or Publishers, but everyone!
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