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Software authors hurt more by companies than downloaders

http://www.joeuser.com/index.asp?c=1&AID=21895&u=0

So don't talk to me about piracy. It's not the pirates that have
ripped us off of hundreds of thousands in lost royalties. It's been
"Real businesses" doing that thank you very much.? The position
of royalty eating parasite has already been taken.


It's the demographic of people who allegedly do all this pirating
that's been paying our bills. People with Internet connections
who download games. They pay my salary. They are my overlord
now.? So I hope you can excuse me if I don't lose sleep at night
that some 15 year old might have downloaded my game while
some executive at a company (or former company) is sailing on
their boat paid for by my hard work.? The software pirate can go
to jail on a felony, the business executive who doesn't pay
royalties gets off the hook.


So yea, tell me again how I need to put some dongle or whatever
on my game to keep 15 year olds from pirating? When our
contract with publishers forces them to wear a shock collar that I
can press a button to shock them if royalties aren't paid on time
then we'll talk about forcing customers to deal with massive
copy protection. But it's not the pirates I worry about.

Posted by: tic swayback   Posted on: 07/22/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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