Comments on: Piracy and the PC http://checkyourhud.com/piracy-and-the-pc/ No one knows where a ninja goes... Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:41:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Okamiwolf http://checkyourhud.com/piracy-and-the-pc/comment-page-1/#comment-39752 Okamiwolf Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:02:02 +0000 http://checkyourhud.com/?p=2802#comment-39752 Let's not kid ourselves, despite the rhetoric of Valve, Steam is just another form of DRM, in fact it's probably the most restrictive and vicious DRM out there. If you lose your internet connection, say good bye to the games you paid for. If Steam goes out of business, say good bye to the games you paid for. When you buy a game from Steam, you're not getting them game, just the license to use it. We might as well just switch to full cloud computing such as OnLive, which actually would help curb piracy tremendously. Let’s not kid ourselves, despite the rhetoric of Valve, Steam is just another form of DRM, in fact it’s probably the most restrictive and vicious DRM out there. If you lose your internet connection, say good bye to the games you paid for. If Steam goes out of business, say good bye to the games you paid for. When you buy a game from Steam, you’re not getting them game, just the license to use it. We might as well just switch to full cloud computing such as OnLive, which actually would help curb piracy tremendously.

]]> By: Brett http://checkyourhud.com/piracy-and-the-pc/comment-page-1/#comment-32633 Brett Sun, 02 Aug 2009 02:47:55 +0000 http://checkyourhud.com/?p=2802#comment-32633 We usd to copy games for our commodore 64 with a double cassette deck, it was that easy but the load times sucked. We usd to copy games for our commodore 64 with a double cassette deck, it was that easy but the load times sucked.

]]> By: Izkata http://checkyourhud.com/piracy-and-the-pc/comment-page-1/#comment-32556 Izkata Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:22:48 +0000 http://checkyourhud.com/?p=2802#comment-32556 MMOs eliminating piracy? HA. You must not be in that segment very often... I'll admit that it is reduced, since people want to play on the official servers, but there are tons of pirate-servers out there that require no payment whatsoever. MMOs eliminating piracy? HA.

You must not be in that segment very often… I’ll admit that it is reduced, since people want to play on the official servers, but there are tons of pirate-servers out there that require no payment whatsoever.

]]> By: Pawn http://checkyourhud.com/piracy-and-the-pc/comment-page-1/#comment-28356 Pawn Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:39:36 +0000 http://checkyourhud.com/?p=2802#comment-28356 Technically speaking internet = games for whatever your internet bill is every month unless you get that free too :p Technically speaking internet = games for whatever your internet bill is every month unless you get that free too :p

]]> By: Pitbull http://checkyourhud.com/piracy-and-the-pc/comment-page-1/#comment-27676 Pitbull Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:09:12 +0000 http://checkyourhud.com/?p=2802#comment-27676 internet = free games it all works out for everyone :D internet = free games
it all works out for everyone :D

]]> By: pirate games http://checkyourhud.com/piracy-and-the-pc/comment-page-1/#comment-27103 pirate games Sun, 31 May 2009 05:16:14 +0000 http://checkyourhud.com/?p=2802#comment-27103 I am looking forward to get more information about this. I am looking forward to get more information about this.

]]> By: Daniel http://checkyourhud.com/piracy-and-the-pc/comment-page-1/#comment-26334 Daniel Thu, 14 May 2009 03:11:29 +0000 http://checkyourhud.com/?p=2802#comment-26334 Well written, it's a complicated problem indeed. Not nearly as black or white as many people, and the Industry lobby, likes to think. Piracy will never go away, it just changes medium with the times. When I was in school, before broadband Internet, I still had easy access to every new game. Several people at my school alone had multiple CD burners going around the clock. Today I pay for my games, back then it was either play them for free or don't play them at all. Well written, it’s a complicated problem indeed. Not nearly as black or white as many people, and the Industry lobby, likes to think. Piracy will never go away, it just changes medium with the times. When I was in school, before broadband Internet, I still had easy access to every new game. Several people at my school alone had multiple CD burners going around the clock. Today I pay for my games, back then it was either play them for free or don’t play them at all.

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