Internet providers to begin warning customers who pirate content

[NotKreation]

Most people who pirate something wouldn't pay for/can't afford the product they're pirating anyway so stopping them only harms the pirate, it doesn't help the company.

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[Nickelob Ultra]

My personal opposition is that ISPs work directly with copyright companies for this.  I highly dislike the Copyright Mafia, regardless of purchased/pirated material.

[Snow2]

[Tetris]

forget yeah

[dkamm65]

stopping them only harms the pirate

God forbid the person breaking the law is harmed.

[NotKreation]

Except it doesnt benefit the company in any way
That's like arresting someone for taking a picture of something

[huddles]

forget. Oh well.

[dkamm65]

Except it doesnt benefit the company in any way
That's like arresting someone for taking a picture of something

Taking a picture isn't against the law.

[xHerobrinex]

Taking a picture isn't against the law.

Depends what you're taking a picture of.

[dkamm65]

Depends what you're taking a picture of.

I guess, but photography isn't inherently illegal, unlike piracy.

[NotKreation]

Taking a picture isn't against the law.

Assuming that it was
Jesus christ do you not know what an brown townogy is?

[dkamm65]

Assuming that it was
Jesus christ do you not know what an brown townogy is?

You make terrible brown townogies. You shouldn't have to make up a characteristic for something for it to work as an brown townogy.

"Drivers have a hard time seeing people in dark clothes. Wearing black at night is like a whale sitting in the middle of the road. (assuming whales are invisible)"

[Doomonkey]

Except it doesnt benefit the company in any way

Except they make more money. If someone pirates a game then they most of the time will have a nice enough computer to play the game. So the "they might not have money" argument is a poor one for the most part. People who pirate games can most certainly afford them.

Also, just because digital distribution of a product barely costs anything doesn't mean that it didn't cost money to develop it. Sure, Microsoft could give away all of its products for free online and wouldn't lose any money in production, but all of the development money would be wasted.

Why would anyone want to spend years to develop something and get nothing in return? By pirating you decrease the incentive for people to make good products.

[NotKreation]

You make terrible brown townogies. You shouldn't have to make up a characteristic for something for it to work as an brown townogy.

"Drivers have a hard time seeing people in dark clothes. Wearing black at night is like a whale sitting in the middle of the road. (assuming whales are invisible)"

I was comparing being arrested for piracy to being arrested for something trivial and victimless
Are you stupid

Except they make more money. If someone pirates a game then they most of the time will have a nice enough computer to play the game. So the "they might not have money" argument is a poor one for the most part. People who pirate games can most certainly afford them.

Also, just because digital distribution of a product barely costs anything doesn't mean that it didn't cost money to develop it. Sure, Microsoft could give away all of its products for free online and wouldn't lose any money in production, but all of the development money would be wasted.

Why would anyone want to spend years to develop something and get nothing in return? By pirating you decrease the incentive for people to make good products.

What if they spent all their money on the good computer
Checkmate

But seriously, there are plenty of reasons someone could have a great computer and no money.
Not even factoring in the chance that even if they could afford it, they wouldnt buy it even if piracy wasnt a thing.

[Doomonkey]

I was comparing being arrested for piracy to being arrested for something trivial and victimless
Are you stupid

Piracy is neither trivial or victimless. In fact, the victims are not the people gamers want to harm.

But seriously, there are plenty of reasons someone could have a great computer and no money.

Do you think the majority of people with gaming quality computers can or cannot afford a video game?

Not even factoring in the chance that even if they could afford it, they wouldnt buy it even if piracy wasnt a thing.

Do you think the majority of people who would like to play a game would buy it if that was the only option?