After Apple’s Q4 numbers, I bet a number of politicians are going to ask why we’re expected to prioritize the entertainment industry over the tech/internet industries.
And if not, they damn well should.
One thing that we have learned is that piracy is not a pricing issue. It’s a service issue. The easiest way to stop piracy is not by putting antipiracy technology to work. It’s by giving those people a service that’s better than what they’re receiving from the pirates.
- Gabe Newell, co-founder of videogame company Valve, which publishes Portal and Half-Life via AllThingsD (via marksbirch)
Someone who gets it.
(via section9)
100% true. iTunes and Steam both prove it. DRM is a shitty product - always has been and always will be - because the actual entertainment piece attached to the DRM inherently suffers for its inclusion.
Bottom line: your anti-piracy product only serves to demonstrate the appeal of piracy.
(via section9)
via @kaepora
What a leap of judgment … if you don’t pirate, you’re not helping fund terrorism. Wow.
What The Fuck? This is incredibly irresponsible.
George Orwell.
I’m not sure if this is more of a crime against logic or punctuation.
