Topic: [POLL] Do you support Piracy ? (Read 952 times)

As a customer yes I support piracy..... But as a seller No I don't support piracy....

@s0nix
I'd never use Netflix because they pay money to the MPAA etc that is used to arrest us.
Same goes with Spotify too !

I do that out of respect for the long trail of victims.. many of them in jail RIGHT NOW !

I would not say 100%, but I try to support more and more piracy.

Not very much but I can't deny that I've some backup and I don't have the original copy of it

..uploading that wallet.dat

That SNES setup is awesome !
Me ? i have ALL the ROMS on my HDD right now  

Nintendo_Super_NES_ALL.rar (7.68 GB) files = 11,337
(i have all the ENG ones and a few others unpacked into a folder for an emulator too)

Everyone pirates ? Yup even Microsoft LOL

http://www.techpavan.com/2009/05/24/microsoft-deepz0ne-pirated-cracked-sound-forge-windows-xp-audio/


True.. i heard of this back in like 2003 and checked myself sure enough there it was.

No, but in my contry its part of social life( its sad

Yes i support pircay .. since not all ppl are rich and able to afford all things .. so it has a very good side  .. the only bad side is when u get hacked urself

who don't is a liar! everybody use warez products!

I used to pirate games for the Super Nintendo system. It was really easy all you had to do is buy a backup drive that sits on top of the console and uses 1.44mb floppy disks.

I even made my own joysticks by buying the actual arcade sticks and buttons, building them into a wooden box. Then taking apart the snes controllers and using the contacts to solder wires that lead up to the arcade stick and buttons. Worked like a charm.

If any of you pirates are interested in sharing a file with me, I'm looking for a specific one.

It's called "wallet.dat".

Don't worry, no harm will come to you as you will still have your copy! It only contains some random strings of numbers and letters anyway.

Thanks and yarrrrrr!

I never pirated games on my TRS-80 but could have easily.. copying from tape to tape was common back then.
(it's why they sold double cassette deck for AMP's and ghetto blasters)
I also don't have it anymore

Chances are the sheer amount of gold in them would be worth more than anything.
Super old PC's are notorious for having huge amounts of gold in them.. Google it

Back then though around the same tape i frequented my uncles house where he had a PC in the basement no idea which one but he had a massive collection of copied jumbo floppy games.
So when i went to his house i went straight to the basement and never left until it was time to go home.
Most of his games were pirated you could tell.

Back then we all used the first gen consoles etc too.
My best friend's Grandma's house had the Pong Console we played sometimes.. black & white of course.
He had some old console that took little cards like the TurboGrafx16 did many years later too.
I got the TG16 on launch for over $300
Had the first Nintendo and first Sega machines back in the day too.
If you are THAT old you all probably did.. there was not much else to use LOL

And i pirated console games too.. know how ?
Sometimes i would go to the video store and rent a Sega MasterSystem game then i would swap the inside of the game for one i had i didn't like then return it.
There is ALWAYS a way to Piracy

I had an Apple II and a Comodore 64. Both are classic first gen personal computers. I actually still have both and all of the software that I pirated 

 

Holy shit that's really sick looking old PC
probably in future it's price may increase as it gets older and older.

Not sure about him but i had one in the mid 80's
http://oldcomputers.net/trs80i.html

Radio Shack TRS-80
(Model I)


My step dad when i was in grade 5 came home with it one day when i got off school.
I was stoked because i could play games like Space Invaders that were loaded off cassette tapes.
..using a standard tape player.

lol since 1983 ? there was no personal computer's back then. what did u actually pirated ?

I don't like for profit piracy.
Such as pirated knock off DVD's sold on a street corner with faked Sony brand labels etc.

Advertisement revenue on P2P sites in another touchy issue.
I'd say i mostly think they should be allowed to make money that way.

I think we are often making derivatives and sharing them freely.. which SHOULD be fine.
But i have always conceded that there may be some bad exceptions..
Such as a downloaded Windows MSDN OS disk image being shared that has the hash verified.
In that case it was something taken from their servers and passed around freely.
I think the P2P users should then mod the disk image a little so they can say it's not EXACT.

But it gets way worse..

Github has had Popcorn time distrib's taken down for copyright infringement.
When all it was is a tool used for *mostly* piracy.

I think the implementation of copyright laws has gotten perverse and distorted to be used as a tool ensure profits from anything they want us to buy.

The vast majority of PC games i played cracked i also bought.
yet i would still be accused of being a thief.

Anyway i think it's about our right to share and our right to make and share derivatives.
Making a derivative does not equal some other item being unavailable for sale afterwards.

If i make a charcoal rubbing of a Tomb Stone have i just stolen the thing ?
If i snap a picture of a picture in an art gallery did i just steal the painting ?
That equals lost revenue ?

I support it to some extent. For example, movies or series not available in your country (yet), and the such. Also I support it when the pirated media is outrageously pricy. Sometimes it's just not fair. However I don't support it when the author is not a big shot in the industry, and s/he actually does it for the fanbase and not the money. For example indie games.

I'm a pirate since 1983 and 300 baud modems. I will always be a pirate even if they change laws.

100% yes I'm not rich enough to get all things.

It's a tricky issue.. i think i know lots about it.
I did not post this to lecture you all though.
Ultimately i wanted to poll the community to see the stats.
Simply out of curiosity.. say what you want and vote how you want guys.