Piracy X Piracy

[Mod]

I see that many of you like to download MP3. But what about roms and ISOS ? It's still piracy. So here's a poll.

[The Baron]

MP3? Yes.
ROMs of old games? Yes.
ISOs of new games just so I won't have to buy them? No.

[Mod]

What's an old game ?

[thcdru2k]

if i had a job, than no to all. but i'm only 15..so yes to all.

[styles-T]

I usually download whatever Im looking to buy..I use the ISO/MP3 as a demo.

I always want the original of whatever application/album Im looking for..If it sucks then I wont bother buying it..

[[Corporal Dan]]

Let's see.


After Max Payne, I 'download' any games i'm interested in that don't have demos available.

I play around. If they suck, i make coasters of the cd.

If they rock, i buy the game.

So yes, yes

[vampireuk]

When it comes to games if they dont have demos I would definatly download it to see if it was worthy. No one will refund a game you have bought over here, so if it sucks your screwed:mad:

[Serath]

I gotta agree with most ppl here.
I'm a big-time "try before you buy" kinda guy.
if I see something i'm interested it, I'll download it to give it a run-through. If I like it I'll buy the thing. I'm like !plonk* in this. I just like to have the original packaging with all the pretty boxes, cases, and manuals, etc. I just like it better. And if I happen to get something I don't like, it goes onto a CD full of other crap. If it sucks I wouldn't have bought the thing anyway so it's not like they're losing money or anything.
And on the side here, if I can afford to buy what I want, I'll buy it. But if I can't afford it, never WILL afford it (*cough* windows *cough*) and probably wouldn't buy it because it's unreasonably priced, I don't see anything wrong with downloading it... Ummmm whasn't there an article posted saying pretty much what I'm trying to get across? o.O ANDREW!!! FIND IT!

[Smokey]

Games that I really really want I dont bother dl unless it isnt out here yet (which happenes alot). Dont really dl mp3z, all the music I like, Led Zepp etc are all on cd. Most of the games I have dl, I havent even finished them cos I got bored or didnt like them. I also have two brothers in-law which also buy games, so between us all we buy most of all the good games. :D Sorry forgot to add, I do dl movies. Most of the time Ive seen there here already at the cinema in French, but like watching them again in English also ;)

[PsychoSy]

The only time I fire up Kazaa is when I'm jonesing for a certain remix or a tune that's out of print and I just gotta hear it before it drives me insane. Other than that, I usually don't bother because I allready own 98% of the music I grove to.

I also might fire up Kazaa to snag a certain file if the wait on FilePlanet it too long and the other mirrors downright suck rocks. I might have to start pulling a Cpl. Dan and sample ISOs and stuff because there's lot of games that are coming out between now and the end of the year because fundage is low and tinkering with a neutered demo won't sastisfy me.

Thus, snagging an "extended demo" is the only option for me so I can weigh these games and put them into their respective piles - there's the "games I just gotta have" pile and the "games I can probably live without for a while but will eventually buy" pile. :p

[lord kelvinn]

I download a lot games, but only buy the best.

So I bougth games like:
GTA3
Neverwinter nights
Battlefield 1942

and after playing some hours with the iso of mafia i think i will buy it the next month.

And im not so sure about nolf2 (i donwnloaded the demo, but is not that good for my), so i will download the full game,and i'll see if worths the US$45

For movies is diferent 'cause i usually rent the dvd.

[saturnotaku]

Like many others here, I'm big on try before you buy. That's how I got into Our Lady Peace - I borrowed Mp3's from my friends and downloaded others before I went out and purchased their music.

For games, I'll almost always buy them. I would download "extended demos" but would inevitably buy the game if I liked it. It's kind of hard to do now because of my lackluster Internet connection. But I'm pretty particular about my games anyway - like buying UT2k3 is a no-brainer, along with DooM 3 and NFS: Hot Pursuit 2. I would like to try NOLF 2 and am hoping Maximum PC will be putting it on the CD's I get with my magazine every month. :)

[nin_fragile14]

I download MP3s and if I like it enough, I'll buy the album. If not, I'll just listen to it, not like it, and delete it. With games, I rarely download them because it can be a pain in the ass to do it. Finding the ISOs, waiting a couple days to download them, then burning it and having to get the cracks is just a hassle. If it's a game I know I want (NWN, which I ended up hating ironically), I'll just go out and buy it even if I should probably try it out first. I'm just too impatient to download a game.

However, I don't think anyone has the right to trash on a game if they beat it without paying for it. I remember a guy on ve3d saying he had beat the whole warcraft campaign before the game was out, and he wouldn't buy it because it just wasn't that great. Anyone who downloads a game, beats it, then bitches about it has no right to do so. They obviously liked it enough to beat it.

[Mod]

Originally posted by nin_fragile14
Finding the ISOs, waiting a couple days to download them, then burning it and having to get the cracks is just a hassle.

Why don't you look for full games at classified section at any newspaper ? There are hundreds of ads selling ISOs there, and you can order 10 games for $40 on average.

If you like any specific game, buy the official copy. :)

[sytaylor]

Originally posted by !plonk*
I usually download whatever Im looking to buy..I use the ISO/MP3 as a demo.

I always want the original of whatever application/album Im looking for..If it sucks then I wont bother buying it..

for me i see it as a kind of qality test too... for example i rescentley bought a whole host of old blink 182 albums after sampling them and loving them... but on gettin other bands stuff i figure i may as well not, cos i prolly wont listen to it much

[StealthHawk]

Originally posted by Mod


Why don't you look for full games at classified section at any newspaper ? There are hundreds of ads selling ISOs there, and you can order 10 games for $40 on average.

If you like any specific game, buy the official copy. :)

that's terrible. it's one thing to pirate stuff for yourself, it's quite another to make a profit off of it. i would never give people who sell stuff i can find myself a penny

[Switch]

Yes to all until the retailers start refunding my money for garbage product. And yes, Stealth. I would certainly not pirate something for a personal profit.. If anything, THAT kind of pirating is stealing.

[General Lee]

I thought y'all should know that pirating gets you raped in the ass. BTW I'm a real(lee)

:firedevil

[WeReWoLf]

Lee, you're nothing more than a thread necro.

[General Lee]

Lee, you're nothing more than a thread necro.

VETO I SAY! This is the first time I've revived a thread. I figured it was time I did it and got it out of the way. :)

[[AK]Zip]

You guys do know this is 7 years old right?

[General Lee]

Zip;2008915']You guys do know this is 7 years old right?

Oh yeah... :naughty:

Wait, that doesn't look right. :o

I ain't no Pedohick!

[NarcissistZero]

The only things I download are things you cannot buy new from any store/digital download site. If the creator/publisher isn't getting anything out of it anyway, I don't see a difference... otherwise, legal and purchased all the way, including MP3s of course... I like how people treat MP3s as different just becaue they're smaller... it's still piracy!