If all #VideoGames were offered as free OR paid on Steam, how would you prefer them? Would you prefer to play all games for free or would you prefer to pay for them to have them delivered to you via Steam? Note: Free ones are installed solo. No launcher, no achievements, no cloud save, no friends list, no Steam year-in-review, no hours played counter, no Steam Workshop, no Steam cards, no game decorations in Steam points shop, but you don't have to pay for any game, ever.
@darth I realize this is probably a hypothetical, but if you’re able to fly the Jolly Roger and have a livable income this is already your choice. I almost always chose Steam over “free” for a combination of the convenience and supporting the team that puts the games together - especially for indie devs. #gaming#piracy#steam#indiedev
I cheer for #piracy because I don't think the modern IP or patent laws were made to protect me.
I use art that might belong to a big company - I get suspended. OpenAI and others steal everyone's IP, and there's nothing done to them, besides maybe a slap on the wrist or a small fine they don't care for.
Someone patent an algorithm I published? There's not much I can do. I can't sue them in the US, not logically and not money-wise.
I am always so impressed with the quality of FitGirl releases. They are tens of gigabytes smaller than the official releases of games, and they always work! It's amazing that they do all that work for free and still manage to do a better job than the million dollar game studios.
I don't think I've ever pirated a game, but honestly considering it for Splinter Cell Blacklist. It won't run for shit on my Windows 11 machine, and it runs beautifully on my Linux machines... right until it crashes at random, and then I have to dig out my Ubisoft password to log in every time I launch the game.
For a decade, Hollywood hasn’t aggressively fought piracy because it saw people would pay if they made them a good deal.
But as streaming has gotten worse and more expensive, consumers turned back to file sharing. Now the industry plans to get Congress to pass new legislation to stop them.
Illustration for the Dutch ComputerTotaal magazine, for an article about Stichting BREIN, translating to "BRAIN Foundation", a foundation funded by publishers to battle digital piracy.
I don't remember the exact scope of the article, but I guess the foundation threatened legal action to kids who copied CD-ROM games.
Somali pirates has released hijacked Bangladeshi cargo vessel MV Abdullah and all 23 crew members after keeping hostage for 32 days, an official of the owner company of this ship said....
Iran seizes cargo ship in Strait of Hormuz, Iranian media says
> Iran's Revolutionary Guards seized an Israeli-linked cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, the Iranian state-run IRNA news agency reported, days after Tehran warned it could close the area to sea traffic.
"Acts of piracy threaten maritime security by endangering, in particular, the welfare of seafarers and the security of navigation and commerce. These criminal acts may result in the loss of life, physical harm or hostage-...
The Motion Picture Association has announced it is working with Congress to block known piracy sites in the US, reports @engadget
Speaking at CinemaCon, chairman and CEO Charles Rivkin said the plans will establish and enforce new legislation to ensure ISPs block websites that share stolen content – something 60 countries worldwide already do.
what kind of info would you like to see in a "how to pirate everything" class? what sort of things did you find out about later than you think you should have? what do help others with the most when showing them what you know about piracy?
If purchase doesn't mean ownership, #piracy doesn't mean stealing.
Facing malicious actors (basically any big tech company) piracy, hacking/cracking and involuntary open-sourcing are acts of digital self-defense.
If you don't want people to act against you, don't act against them. A system that perpetuates malicious, exploitative behavior doesn't deserve your loyalty or trust. It is as simple as that.
Somali pirates release hijacked Bangladeshi ship (www.bssnews.net)
Somali pirates has released hijacked Bangladeshi cargo vessel MV Abdullah and all 23 crew members after keeping hostage for 32 days, an official of the owner company of this ship said....