Are you a pirate?
By sophonmore
@sophonmore (14)
Australia
January 18, 2009 10:50pm CST
Was wondering. These days many people can't afford everyting they want. To be more specific, movies, songs and software. Do you download these from p2p sites like piratebay etc. Some people just download music which I think is wrong. But what about those people who download photoshop and 3d designing programs. Cause most students or youth who are interested can't pay thousands of dollars just for software. What is your say in p2p?
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@vanquish626 (8)
• Canada
19 Jan 09
I do it mainly to play and experience the game. If its deserving of my money then I do buy the game.
Multiplayer is also a large factor but I will only buy the game if the reviews are positive.
A few games Ive bought:
Call of Duty4: Modern Warfare
Fallout 3
Stranglehold
Grand Theft Auto 4
I can keep going. But I wouldn't have bought those games if I hadn't tried them first.
Basically if you download something you should buy it if you use it more than once or if the authors have made something you enjoy.
@SixthDoctor (102)
• United States
8 Jun 09
Is there any way to make multiplayer work on pirated games? (Just asking. ;))
@SixthDoctor (102)
• United States
8 Jun 09
OK, first of all, get this straight: TPB (in longform, The Pirate Bay) is NOT a P2P site. It is a torrenting site. There is a big difference. With torrents, no one actually necessarily owns the file you might be able to download. The community has to help you download it.
P2P (Person to person), on the other hand, has actual owners of merchandise that can be transfered across the phone lines and cables. You're downloading stuff from other people's computers.
Secondly... one might say I've trolled the coasts and islands of the World Wide Sea before... ;)
@70nyh0Ax (177)
• India
19 Jan 09
Well i definitely buy Music cds coz its under my budget but use p2p for ps2, ps3 games coz its prizes are really out of bounds for me. I even download music from p2p and listen to album and then if the whole album is awesome i buy it for my HOME Theater. Well sometimes if album has hardly one good song then i prefer using p2p. coz i will not buy the whole cd for only one or two songs. Well for me to buy lots of conditions are applied like is it my fav band coz many people talk that wow man nickelback rocks but they never bought his cd. I buy cd's of my favorite bands coz i love those bands and i prefer watching movies in theater. What you guys say?