Digital Piracy Is Okay: Difference between revisions

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* Microsoft was famous in the past for saying, "If You're Going To Pirate Software, Pirate Ours". [[Subverted|Since then,]] they implement many anti-piracy measures on their products and advocate about how [http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/piracy/default.aspx|"Pirated software hurts everyone"].

* Microsoft was famous in the past for saying, "If You're Going To Pirate Software, Pirate Ours". [[Subverted|Since then,]] they implement many anti-piracy measures on their products and advocate about how [http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/piracy/default.aspx|"Pirated software hurts everyone."]

* Notch has said that he is with some people pirating [[Minecraft]]. IRL he is a member of the [[wikipedia:Pirate Party|Pirate Party]].

* C418, who composed music for [[Minecraft]], [http://c418.org/?p=298 would rather] have you download his music on The Pirate Bay than listen to it on [[YouTube]], which [[Take That|he thinks is "terrible and the worst way to support [him]."]]

* After unfinished material leaked, [[System of a Down]] said they were disappointed, not because of piracy, but because the material were unfinished demos.

** The material later became [[Lampshade Hanging|"Steal This Album!"]]

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* After awhile, Bethesda pretty much ignored piracy of ''[[The Elder Scrolls: Arena|Arena]]'' and ''[[Daggerfall]]''. Eventually, they made them full-fledged [[Freeware]].

* Joked about by [[Jonathan Coulton]] via [[Twitter]]: "Hey, have any other artists noticed that since Megaupload shut down the money has just been POURING in?"

* [[Jimquisition|Jim Sterling]] has zig-zagged this. He has ''endorsed'' piracy for ''some'' works...but true to form of a self proclaimed "consumer advocate" who only advocates when it's safe, will lapse into the [[Digital Piracy Is Evil]] when DRM-free games like ''[[World of Goo]]'' report 90% piracy rates or when a good number of people still pirate the Humble Bundle despite its low price. If you dare [[Digital Piracy is Evil|Adblock]] ''his'' content however...

* [[Jimquisition|Jim Sterling]] has zig-zagged this. He has ''endorsed'' piracy for ''some'' works...but true to form of a self proclaimed "consumer advocate" who only advocates when it's safe, will lapse into the [[Digital Piracy Is Evil]] when DRM-free games like ''[[World of Goo]]'' report 90% piracy rates or when a good number of people still pirate the Humble Bundle despite its low price. If you dare [[Digital Piracy Is Evil|Adblock]] ''his'' content however...

* [[Disturbed]] has stated from time to time that, as much as Warner Music Group likes to make a fuss about it, the members of the band themselves don't care much about people downloading their songs.

* Several creators of software intended for business use don't really care about individuals pirating the software under the idea that the pirate will develop proficiency with their tools instead of the free or cheaper alternatives forcing employers to buy (much more expensive) company licenses (and if ''they'' try to pirate software they can easily be sued).