Why do I hate piracy so much…?

I suppose I should start with the elephant in the room!

Why do I hate piracy so much…?

Well to tell the truth, I don’t hate piracy… I am reminded of the old adage; if you can’t beat them… join them! Instead of constantly fighting piracy, wasting our time, we should use it to encourage growth, as in fund it! This unorthodox view is the best solution, as none of the orthodox views come close. This is what WarFace is all about, solving problems and getting results.

I was born in Hong Kong, and let me tell you, out in Asia piracy is huge. As a young man I remember Hong Kong was all about streets. If I wanted to buy a pet bird, I’d walk down bird street. If I wanted a snake, it would be snake street. For piracy, everyone headed to the place that specialised in selling of illegal software… The Golden Arcade!

This was a very out in the open affair, and much like today is still not seen as a crime. Though times are changing! I think Dr Pepper said it best … but now PC gamers are finding out the worst can always sink that little bit further into the pits.

But the strange thing, there are no mutual grounds; it is still very much about knee jerk reactions and imposing restrictions on those who do not deserve it. Illegal downloaders still copy games, the PC gaming industry fights back with more restrictive DRMs for customers. These DRMs don’t work and the pirates laugh. If a DRM does work*, the pirates go on a hate campaign and force the company to withdraw the protection system.

* By “Work”! I mean the constant/consistent protection of a digital media, i.e. not allowing the illegal copying of the product, for more than 10 days. If you compare this to any other product in the world, this is setting the bar very low.

How can WarFace, an Anti-Piracy company, say that we should join piracy, and not beat them? Because realistically there is no way to beat the P2P networks or even the File sharing servers. It would be a waste of resources to do this, but maybe there is a way to benefit everyone…

…And there is!

…Do I hate piracy so much? … No!
…WarFace is embracing it!