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Running With Scissors Studios gives permission to pirate games (beehaw.org)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/gaming@beehaw.org
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"We've been told our games are too expensive in some countries but we've been using Steam's recommended pricing for a while. We trust Valve enough to not change this. If our games are still too expensive for you, you can pirate them until you have enough to support us."

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[–] 20 points 3 years ago (1 child)

There's a world of difference between "we don't mind if you bootleg our games if you can't afford them" and "here, have the keys to the castle"

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Go on and explain the difference

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Releasing the source code would allow anyone to copy AND modify or extend the game as they see fit. Including all the inner logic that is normally compiled away.

    Piracy or a compiled release without DRM (like GOG) only allows you to play the game and maybe modify some parts of it through modding after a significant amount of effort.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

    Releasing the source code would allow anyone to copy AND modify or extend the game as they see fit

    So just like when you buy a bicycle irl and you are allowed to customize it and set it up as you want. Are you saying we shouldn't be allowed to modify goods?

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    The source code is arguably more comparable to the bicycle factory. When I buy a game, I'm thinking of buying the experience, not the underlying mechanisms.

    You still can find ways to mod and tinker with the finished product you own (bicycle), but you don't have the info and machinery you'd need to make your own identical bicycle.

    Or, if you buy a book, you own the finished book, but you don't automatically also own all the author's notes and rough drafts and file organization that went into making that book.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    When I buy a game, I’m thinking of buying the experience, not the underlying mechanisms.

    When i buy a bicycle i'm thinking of buying the experience, not the underlying mechanisms

    you don’t have the info and machinery you’d need to make your own identical bicycle.

    When you pirate the game you are making an identical copy of the game

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    That is not the correct analogy. Offcourse you can customize it. Just like you can customize or mod the game.

    But you won't get the actual designs to the bicycle. You will not get the blueprints to send to a factory to create exact duplicates or with your modifications.

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