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Originally Posted by Matrix
With torrent downloads (and its alternatives) it impossible to check this, so the profiteers can also do so freely.
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Knowing that it is very difficult/costly to check for pirates (Hadopi law in France: a total failure), why not just changing how things work, so that it is:
- more simple
- less expensive for everyone
- more friendly
- more profitable for artists?
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Plain and simple, Socrates: game developers are companies that pay people their salary and make a living out of creating games. If they don't get paid for their creations, the company will seize to exist and we would be stuck with amateur/hobbyist games. That won't result into Battlefield 3. So how do we make sure these people will still get rewarded?
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I do not care at all for blockbuster games either, but that's off-topic.
There is no problem with this. People are willing to donate money if they think they profit much from a game or something else.
Think of what patronage is in the field of art (is that the right word ? it is called "mécénat" in French). Some rich / less rich people donate money to be associated to an artistic creation/discovery (get that painting back to the museum for example).
Why not have this too for music, cinema, etc.? Some projects already exist, I can cite KickStarter; donators might be cited in the credits or get a special item when the main creation is published (for free).
There is so much to do! I find it amazing that majors are still there...