Quote from: Verbatim on April 08, 2017, 02:48:41 PMUnrelated to this specific case, but what do you think about that? Say I download 3 movies a month. That would normally cost me $30. At the end of the month, I donate that $30 to a charity feeding the poor and homeless. Would that still be morally reprehensible? Had I not downloaded the movie, I never would've bought it.
Businesses that rent out games probably have a license or something so they're authorised to be providing that kind of service, renting from said business is therefore no problem.
that nobody has tried to pursue.
Quote from: Töqi on April 08, 2017, 04:50:47 PMthat nobody has tried to pursue.are you sure about thatim pretty sure publishers or otherwise had tried to prevent people reselling preowned copies of games at one pointmaybe they stopped but i think that was a thing that happened
Quote from: Mr. Psychologist on April 08, 2017, 10:57:33 AMIf you rent a game, you paid to play it for a short time.If you buy a used game, you still paid to play it but someone else paid to play it first.But you don't pay to play it; the publishers (and developers) get nothing from rentals or used sales. If you feel this way, how would you respond to my question about paying a nominal fee for a pirated copy? And at that point, how are rentals and used sales not worse than pirating, since those retailers get profit from selling the game, whereas people that upload copies of games make no money at all? To be clear, I agree pretty much entirely with you; I'm trying to work this out in my own head, too.
If you rent a game, you paid to play it for a short time.If you buy a used game, you still paid to play it but someone else paid to play it first.
I look at it in a much simpler manner tbhIf you buy a game, you paid to play it.If you rent a game, you paid to play it for a short time.If you buy a used game, you still paid to play it but someone else paid to play it first.If you steal it, you are paying nothing to play it and you are a god damn thieving dindu who deserves the gibbet rather than gibs.I personally like the ''''b-b-b-b-b-b-ut i'm trying it out to see if i like it/can run it abubububub''''Steam has done refunds for a while now, there is no excuse.
My favourite is "i wouldn't have bought the game anyway!!!!!"
"It's not stealing if you're copying the game! :^)"I fucking hate people that use this argument; intentionally playing word games to justify IP theft. I would have more respect for pirates if they just admitted that they don't want to pay for shit and are going to always pirate just because they want to. Trying to use moral arguments will always fail.
Lol pirates still haven't thought up a reasonable justification
Quote from: MEME warLOrd of SE🅱9AG0N on April 14, 2017, 01:23:42 AMLol pirates still haven't thought up a reasonable justification
It's a tricky one, but with rentals I think the difference is that the game has been licensed by the retailer to rent out
Quote from: Mr. Psychologist on April 09, 2017, 10:10:53 AMIt's a tricky one, but with rentals I think the difference is that the game has been licensed by the retailer to rent out They don't though. There's no license to rent games.
Quote from: LC on April 14, 2017, 11:04:29 AMQuote from: MEME warLOrd of SE🅱9AG0N on April 14, 2017, 01:23:42 AMLol pirates still haven't thought up a reasonable justification"deal with it" is just as faggoty a dfense as all the rest
Explain the difference between renting, buying used, and pirating
