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10.18.2004
Halo 2 Leak Meta-Analysis
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More game piracy notes: A French-language version of Halo 2 has been leaked and posted at various sites online a month before its long-anticipated release date. The comments on the seattlepi blog post offer an interesting cross-section of views on IP (interesting, that is, if one ignores the tiresome rants about Microsoft, which owns the studio that made the game). Those who condemn the rip-off most often point out the hard work that went into making Halo. The most common response from those who think the piracy is no big deal (or actively support it) is that a) the game developers have already made a lot of money, and/or b) that the piracy won't have enough impact on future sales to threaten future releases.
Both points a) and b) are in some measure true (though game developers don't make that much money, net--it's a risky business and very competitive) but miss the point. A single act of piracy is no "big deal" for the economics of game development only so long as there is a system in place that treats it like a "big deal," a system within which vast numbers of copies are packaged, bought and paid for, and crackers subjected to arduous legal processes.
Roughing the passer is not an offense in football because each and every incident of roughing is instantly fatal to the quarterback.
posted by Solveig Singleton : 10/18/2004 03:34:33 PM
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