GDC 2011: creatorul Minecraft nu consideră că pirateria este furt

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Markus "Notch" Persson - creator of the revolutionary Minecraft spoke at the Indie Games Summit conference, part of the GDC, stating that piracy is not theft.

"Piracy is not considered theft, at least because downloading a copy of an electronic product does not affect the loss of the original product. If you steal a car, then someone loses material value. There are many things that 'reduce sales,' but for some reason, they are not considered theft. If a magazine publishes a negative review that decreases the sales of a game, is that considered theft? And why is an expired delivery term not considered theft?"

Many developers supported Persson, emphasizing that the aggressive fight against piracy has become paranoia. Developers often release projects that are unfinished or simply of low quality - why should the customer pay full price for them? Really quality games usually do not need special protection - players (even pirates) often buy truly worthy hits. An example of this is the phenomenal Minecraft, which sold more than 1.3 million copies in less than 3 months, despite the fact that the game was available for free for a long time.

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