Aug 26 2009, 03:14 PM
QUOTE(H@H@ @ Aug 26 2009, 12:02 AM)
You know what else is considered IP and is not really fair game for pirates?
Books.
Why isn't it affected? Simple.
Cultural and historical value.
The reason why ppl feel that its "cool" or "ok" to pirate games, music, movies,etc. but feel a bit bothered with books is that books have been around for a long time. Everyone understands a value of a book (Otherwise, everyone and their uncle would just buy one copy of Harry Potter and photocopy the thing until its ink completely faded).
The other forms of media aren't at the level of IP appreciation yet or rather our society is just to used to the fact that "If it can be converted into binary, it should be free".
Using traditional properties as a metric is quite silly since the movie & music makers, game developers and book authors have every right to earn a living from creating something as how BMW can make money for producing cars.
I quite enjoy your pessimistic posts H@H@. This post is no different although i disagree with you on the point above.Books.
Why isn't it affected? Simple.
Cultural and historical value.
The reason why ppl feel that its "cool" or "ok" to pirate games, music, movies,etc. but feel a bit bothered with books is that books have been around for a long time. Everyone understands a value of a book (Otherwise, everyone and their uncle would just buy one copy of Harry Potter and photocopy the thing until its ink completely faded).
The other forms of media aren't at the level of IP appreciation yet or rather our society is just to used to the fact that "If it can be converted into binary, it should be free".
Using traditional properties as a metric is quite silly since the movie & music makers, game developers and book authors have every right to earn a living from creating something as how BMW can make money for producing cars.
In fact that it is thanks to books and the invention of the Gutenberg press, that we have the outdated and archaic copyright laws which have barely evolved that we have today.
Piracy of books is a big problem even if it doesn't get the same headlines as more modern media. The main reason why most individuals are not bothered to pirate books is that in most cases it's usually not cost effective to photocopy a book. However, there is a 'scene' for comics and books. You can get scans or pdfs of books quite easily. You can also get physical pirated copies of books in countries like China and Vietnam. In Malaysia, the translated manga that is sold here is done so without proper licensing from the publishers.
The big difference between books and electronic media such as games is that they don't try to shove a EULA when you buy a book. Similarly the fact that your copy of the book (which comes unencumbered with DRM) is yours to do with as you see fit means you can't really compare the two mediums.
To get on topic though, for those whining about this lan point, it's incredibly tedious.
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