I'm sure many of you have already heard that AC/DC's new album, [u]Black Ice[/u], has been leaked. I'm also sure that many of you guys have already downloaded the album. But how many of you got a real download? Apparently, Sony has come up with a great way to attack internet piracy. They're not putting DRMs on the songs, they're not coding the album so it can only be used on one computer... they're filling the interwebs with fake downloads. Sure, some files are the real deal, but many of the files downloaded from torrent and file sharing sites have been faker than Ashlee Simpson's nose and voice put together.
Game publishers, please take note that if you want to stop piracy on PC games, don't go filling the games with DRMs and restrictions that will turn potential buyers off. Just fight fire with fire and release fake downloads! That way, good, paying customers can get exactly what they want, and you can turn away pirates.
[eyepatch]Yar community, ye be giving me yer thoughts?[/eyepatch]
Also, true story: My sophomore year of high school, my English teacher dressed up as a pirate for Halloween. She went around the class, offering candy from a pirate chest. When she got to me, she asked "Would you like some of my booty, Adam?" She then looked me in the eyes, and gave me a look that said "if you think that I had a double meaning, I will hurt you."
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It's one thing to get rickrolled, it's quite another to suffer the indignation of having a faceless corporation do it to you long past the point where it's still an acceptable meme.
If I started downloading a torrent which I thought to be an early DVD leak only to find out upon playing it that it was only an hour and a half long looped video of Never Going to Give You Up, I would most likely quit life.
I'd go into the true extent of fail that this post is, but I don't feel like making any children cry tonight.
Please do. I love it when children cry. I actually don't eat, I nourish myself with childrens' tears I was making this post to explain to EA and other such companies that the way they've been trying to prevent piracy is the wrong way to go about doing things. To be fair, much of what EA did with Spore was to prevent second hand ownership, but it's still unexcusable
Happy belated Birthday, by the way.
But she held you back for a little extra attention.
Bow chicka wow wow.
Kwik kWESTION Quaslow How many peaople at EA and other such companies do you thing read your Blog? P.S. I love you.
Also it only works on public trackers who do not let people interact by file reviews or comments to warn others (and most do provide that service now anyway).
On a private tracker a fake file would not last after the 1st download proved it was fake and the seeder kicked out.
I still think the best way to combat piracy is simply for publishers to host some of the core content files online and having to have an internet connection to check your key is valid.
If your key is not valid or the internet is disabled then you will not have all the files and code needed to play the game.
Basicaly how online multiplayer games work, yet doing the same for single player games.
I know it is not a perfect solution, but it is as close to one that I can think would work, now almost everyone has there PC hooked up to the net.
A large group of the people downloading games wouldn't have bought them at full price anyway. Deal with it. If you want to convert the others to sales start putting out a better or better priced product.
People will always, ALWAYS find a way to get something without paying. Games by popular PC developers get pirated out the ass but you don't hear them complain much because their sales are equally huge because they know their market.
Downloading media is not the same as taking a physical product. How many times does this have to be pointed out? How can you prove that anyone has lost out on anything from a download? I've bought things used or downloaded things that I would never in a million years buy at full retail. Hell, I got Assassin's Creed for £7,my local Gamestation are still asking £39.99 for it.
I think you might also find that a lot of people steal CDs and DVDs pretty much all the time. Theft of things like HDTVs is less common because they are fucking huge and you can't fucking fit one in your pocket. Try using a valid example next time you want to make a baseless point.
Oh wait, I remember your comments elsewhere, just ignore me and carry on justifying the behaviour of publishers who dictate what people can and can't do with their purchases. It's totally fair that EA can stop me selling a game I paid for or tell me to buy it again when it screws up, what was I thinking? How's that brainwashing going?
I use that one all the time - "But it said it was the latest episode of heroes, honest"!
Publishers should definitely upload fake stuff that turns out to be porn.