Minecraft creator says "Piracy" isn't theft

[Harrison]

Originally Posted by quellren [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

He's stupid.

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Jealousy is a stinky cologne.

A software dev himself, amongst uncountable others, believes that this witch hunt the MPAA and others are out on is fucking retarded...and he's stupid because you disagree? ...right.

[quellren]

Originally Posted by Harrison [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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Jealousy is a stinky cologne.

A software dev himself, amongst uncountable others, believes that this witch hunt the MPAA and others are out on is fucking retarded...and he's stupid because you disagree? ...right.

Yep, you got me. I'm jealous.

Remind me what I'm jealous of?

[Massive Marc]

Originally Posted by quellren [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Yep, you got me. I'm jealous.

Remind me what I'm jealous of?

Not having access to a litre of cola.

[nalkin]

Originally Posted by Harrison [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

...and he's stupid because you disagree? ...right.

Isn't this the only argument you've ever made on these forums?

[JayDee]

Piracy derives from the word pirate and pirates are thieves.

See bros, I don't even have to have a well thought out argument or do any real research.

[moklianne]

Pirates these days are simply fishermen that don't like people in their waters.

[Japan]

the whole argument of whether or not it's theft will be moot relatively soon.

instead of developing a business model that actually works in the internet age, old-world IP owners are trying to use legal force to create an artificial marketplace. This strategy will only keep these garbage companies alive in the short term, until they innovate or innovators crush them. The only thing these businesses survive on is precedent from the long-gone days when IP was tied to a physical object. They'll die out and so will the luddite legislation that enforces their nonsense.

This business model is doomed to die, and "piracy" is guaranteed to continue flourishing. If ignoring the dark ages of post-industrial IP law and living in the future today makes you a criminal, I'm john fucking gotti and my grandma is tupac.

But really, why bother convincing people pirates aren't thieves? Evolution will take care of killing the last of the dinosaurs eventually, i'll take care of jerking off to "stolen" tranny porn right now

[YendorLootmonkey]

The model will be pay-to-play and you're running a game that's executed on a server somewhere... and sending updated images at 30-60 FPS to your TV/monitor while uploading your controller input back to the server all via broadband connection. There will be no compatibility issues, no hardware to buy, no ability to pirate.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OnLive

[Harrison]

Originally Posted by Japan [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

the whole argument of whether or not it's theft will be moot relatively soon.

instead of developing a business model that actually works in the internet age, old-world IP owners are trying to use legal force to create an artificial marketplace. This strategy will only keep these garbage companies alive in the short term, until they innovate or innovators crush them. The only thing these businesses survive on is precedent from the long-gone days when IP was tied to a physical object. They'll die out and so will the luddite legislation that enforces their nonsense.

This business model is doomed to die, and "piracy" is guaranteed to continue flourishing. If ignoring the dark ages of post-industrial IP law and living in the future today makes you a criminal, I'm john fucking gotti and my grandma is tupac.

But really, why bother convincing people pirates aren't thieves? Evolution will take care of killing the last of the dinosaurs eventually, i'll take care of jerking off to "stolen" tranny porn right now

Hey, someone has a brain and actually understands a simple concept here!