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Posted May 16, 2012
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Roman5: YOU WOULDN'T DOWNLOAD A CAR
Well, there's that pattern for a 3D printer... ;-)



And I could never understand why the hell a legit owner of a DVD has to watch all that pointless warnings. After all he's the one who didn't break any policies and laws.
Posted May 16, 2012
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Elmofongo: I never realized this was an issue to people who watch DVDs which all stems down to people being impatiant if they don't like this
I have a dvd that, when in a normal dvd player, just repeats the "You wouldn't download a car" antipiracy ad again and again and again. I'm guessing it'll keep doing it forever, since I let it do it for 15 minutes before giving up on the film. The dvd is legit too. Bought it from a legit store and all, with legit money.

Luckily, I don't give a hoot about the movie, it was in one of those movie boxes and the movie I wanted worked.

/edit: The movie is Carlito's Way: Rise to Power. The movie I wanted was Scarface.
Post edited May 16, 2012 by Adzeth
Posted May 16, 2012
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Elmofongo: so how would you compare piracy back then to piracy now?
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Elenarie: Before the wide spread of the internet, smart people were able to pirate / copy software, and then sell that software for cheaper price.

Now with the internet, they cannot do that anymore, so I'll say, the situation is much better these days in that view.
I do not think software companies have the same opinion...
Posted May 16, 2012
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Elmofongo: so how would you compare piracy back then to piracy now?
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hedwards: That's sort of the point, you can't.

At least not without relying upon anecdotes. But, back then it was really, really common. There was basically no enforcement unless you were operating large scale and buying software wasn't necessarily easy. Whenever a person bought a computer, chances are good that a friend would come over with a few disks to load up the computer with pirate materials.

Before that, it wasn't common to even charge for software as that wasn't where the money was.

It was a different era and the main difference is that you just didn't see it if you weren't involved with it or going to swap meets. There wasn't even much more than a vague idea that it was wrong as in many cases it wasn't convenient to buy a copy.
Back in my days you could get everything on the schoolyard. Just bring a few empty disks, give them to somebody who has a game and you get them back a few days later with the game nicely packed with arj on them.

And the new computer scenario was very realistic. Whenever someone bought his (most of them were boys, I don't remember one girl from my school playing computer games) first PC and therefore "joined the club" all his friends visited him to gaze at the new computer (which was most of the times newer and more powerful than their own) and they brought tools and games as presents to outfit the new computer with.

To demand or pay money for those (pirated) tools and games was frowned upon. Nobody here did that.

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Roman5: YOU WOULDN'T DOWNLOAD A CAR
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InkPanther: Well, there's that pattern for a 3D printer... ;-)



And I could never understand why the hell a legit owner of a DVD has to watch all that pointless warnings. After all he's the one who didn't break any policies and laws.
I guess they want to make sure that the one who bought the DVD doesn't make any copies for his friends. Which is actually legit where I live, but not I you have to circumvent and copy protection means to make the copy. Which is silly, but then again that whole part of the law is silly.

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Elenarie: Before the wide spread of the internet, smart people were able to pirate / copy software, and then sell that software for cheaper price.

Now with the internet, they cannot do that anymore, so I'll say, the situation is much better these days in that view.
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thespian9099: I do not think software companies have the same opinion...
In the past they could only guess, now they see the numbers and of course it annoys them. Plus: Game development can be much more expensive these days.
Post edited May 16, 2012 by xy2345
Posted May 16, 2012
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Posted May 16, 2012
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Roman5: YOU WOULDN'T DOWNLOAD A CAR
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SimonG: I WOULD IF I COULD
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Elenarie: Before the wide spread of the internet, smart people were able to pirate / copy software, and then sell that software for cheaper price.

Now with the internet, they cannot do that anymore, so I'll say, the situation is much better these days in that view.
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SimonG: But that mostly happened in regions that didn't have proper legit access to the product. Afaik, that was never an issue in Western Europe or the US. And it is still happening today eg Russia and Georgia where you can buy pirated copies in stores and supermarkets.
Amiga was rampant with piracy. Also I remember seeing a lot of the pirate PC software compilations at computer fairs been sold openly in days gone by. Maybe the Germans are generally more honest than us Brits :)
Posted May 16, 2012
More warning screens?
I miss the days when rappers would pop out of the screen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up863eQKGUI
Posted May 16, 2012
i feel sorry for all the printers that have been put out of business thanks to digital distribution and no more printed manuals and boxes.

and where are all the tatt'ed and pierced kids gonna work now that Tower Records is out of business?

these are the REAL issues, people!

:)
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