McAfee Patents Technology to Detect and Block Pirated Content - Polidicks

[QUOTE=KillerJaguar;40421218]If it's not worth the money, don't buy it. How much more simple could it get?[/QUOTE] Because otherwise...?

ilikecorn, try to live a month without any entertaiment, no games, no movies, no music, no anything that you are probably using every day. Now, it would be probably really fucking boring the whole time, and if piracy didn't exist then alot of people who don't have alot of money would live just like that, without almost any fun, and you probably can argue that entertaiment isn't needed to sustain human life, but then, why do you live in the first place, to just live? You have only one life, and you should make the most of it, even if you are short on money. (By the way, I am not defending piracy, it's still a damaging thing to do, if you have money, support the developer/writer/artist/whoever.)

[QUOTE=KillerJaguar;40421218]If it's not worth the money, don't buy it. How much more simple could it get?[/QUOTE] If you don't try the game, how can you know for sure it's not worth the money? Try before buy. Also... if the sellers are being unreasonable jackasses, of course people won't feel as guilty for fucking them over in return.

You can tell a lot of people here haven't had to live on their own, or ever be unemployed. Software is expensive, people need whatever money they have for essentials if they're strapped, that isn't anything they can help. [SUB] [SUB]Also killer, if you're so against piracy, I'm sure you'll stop pirating all of that anime then :)[/SUB][/SUB]

Also yeah... animating programs and such are fucking impossible for normal private people to afford, I mean jesus christ they can cost as much as a new computer

[QUOTE=FlubberNugget;40421395]Also killer, if you're so against piracy, I'm sure you'll stop pirating all of that anime then :)[/QUOTE] [url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/]Okay[/url]

[QUOTE=zurator;40421373]ilikecorn, try to live a month without any entertaiment, no games, no movies, no music, no anything that you are probably using every day. Now, it would be probably really fucking boring the whole time, and if piracy didn't exist then alot of people who don't have alot of money would live just like that, without almost any fun, and you probably can argue that entertaiment isn't needed to sustain human life, but then, why do you live in the first place, to just live? You have only one life, and you should make the most of it, even if you are short on money. (By the way, I am not defending piracy, it's still a damaging thing to do, if you have money, support the developer/writer/artist/whoever.)[/QUOTE] If you have the money to buy something then sure you should pay for it, but if you don't then I don't see the harm in not giving a company the money you don't have to spend. They're not losing anything, and they only stand to gain.

[QUOTE=Simski;40421416]Also yeah... animating programs and such are fucking impossible for normal private people to afford, I mean jesus christ they can cost as much as a new computer[/QUOTE] Not to mention windows on it's own costs a [I]lot[/I] of money, for something which so many people need to use almost every day.

McAfee? I thought that piece of shitware does nothing. At least, for me, it wouldn't even start.

[QUOTE=KillerJaguar;40416017]That's first assuming it's for an ISP. But how would it be any different in function from something like this? [img]http://www.rfid-library.com/images/gate02.JPG[/img] On an unrelated note, while I was looking for that image [url=https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3877425/temp/antitheft.png]this was my search result[/url][/QUOTE] Facepunch never fails to deliver laughable analogies

Im so glad I got rid of McAfee a few weeks ago

[QUOTE=T2L_Goose;40415802]Wonder how long it will be until there is a plugin made that circumvents this if it were implemented by an ISP. But how would this even work though if it was used by your ISP? What if you're not using your ISP's DNS.[/QUOTE] I can't think of any reason people shouldn't be using Google's public DNS servers.

Piracy is stupid but it's really the only viable option to get out-of-print stuff If there was a central database I could buy stuff without ridiculous DRM bullshit(like greenmangaming or steam i guess for movies and music) i'd go for it in a heartbeat but going to a different site and downloading a different program for every fucking publisher simply isn't convenient enough for most people. That plus horrible DRM and download limits makes trying to get music back from a site if you've deleted it almost impossible. When I don't have to jump through fucking hoops to buy music and movies, I will. That said, I do buy movies and music when it's actually worth the hassle.

[QUOTE=Tacosheller;40424994]When I don't have to jump through fucking hoops to buy music and movies, I will. [/QUOTE] So because it's not convenient enough to satisfy you, you pirate them instead? Do you think that the company has an obligation to you, which if failed justifies pirating their material? [quote] Don't start with the whole argument "the company should get with the times and do X" because it doesn't matter how far ahead or behind the companies policies are, you're still breaking the law, and you'll still be punished if you get caught.[/quote]

I think it'd be the company's responsibility to make it as easy as possible for people to purchase their product instead of making them jump through hoops.

[QUOTE=catbarf;40425053]So because it's not convenient enough to satisfy you, you pirate them instead? Do you think that the company has an obligation to you, which if failed justifies pirating their material?[/QUOTE] I'm not saying that piracy is justifiable because of this, I'm saying that's why I pirate. Both sides are wholly in the wrong, buttfucking eachother and making everything worse for everyone.

[QUOTE=Whyt546;40425466]I think it'd be the company's responsibility to make it as easy as possible for people to purchase their product instead of making them jump through hoops.[/QUOTE] What if they don't hold to this responsibility, is piracy then justified because legitimacy isn't convenient enough?

i used to have McAfee on my computer long time ago, but on the following year we got rid of it and got kasperky.

[QUOTE=SweFox*;40416147]People who pirate because they are cheap (no it doesn't fucking matter if you're poor, it's not an excuse) are disgusting.[/QUOTE] How much is rent on an ivory tower?

[QUOTE=catbarf;40425053]So because it's not convenient enough to satisfy you, you pirate them instead? Do you think that the company has an obligation to you, which if failed justifies pirating their material?[/QUOTE] Yup. That's how piracy mostly works. It's not just about people wanting the "product for free", those people exist too, but often it's about not wanting to pay for a product that won't be worth the money you pay for it. If the product is unreasonably expensive compared to its production cost, if the product has too many flaws to be worth the full price, if the product has counter-productive features like DRM/Always online/External account registration, or if the product is not available for purchase in your country... many people will pirate it and not consider purchase simply to state their dissatisfaction with the supplier. They're interested in the product, but the supplier is being too much of a fuckhead to be worth your money. I'd also like to give my opinion on another related subject. Just because a product is pirated, doesn't mean that it's a lost sale. Not only can you not prove that the pirate would ever have considered buying the product if it wasn't free, you also can't prove that he DIDN'T buy the real product after trying the pirated version and feeling pleased enough with the product to feel it was worth paying for.

wait guys what if we pirate mcafee what happens then

Why would you want to pirate McAfee? I'd be better off stealing the mold of someones old dirty couch

[QUOTE=kaukassus;40415686][url="http://torrentfreak.com/mcafee-patents-technology-to-detect-and-block-pirated-content-130424/"]Source[/url][/QUOTE] And then of course McAfee will then just sit there doing nothing and eating 50% more bandwidth than it used to. [SUB]...and costing 100% more.[/SUB]