Why do they hack???

fable · Post by **fable** » Thu May 13, 2004 10:44 am

Demos assume an inherent honesty; that people will try, rather than download full software illegally. While I can see that happening in a small portion of the current pirating community, I can't really see it happening everywhere. For one thing, the pirating market has become endemic in Asia--virtually a cultural feature. You can walk down streets in Singapore, Hong Kong, etc, and see pirated goods an display everywhere, without any attempt to disguise that fact. This kind of black-market-accepted-as-the-real-thing is extremely difficult to root out, unless a government takes strong-arm measures (as Stalin did with the NEPmen of the 1920s). The US has been complaining for years to China and other nations without result. Demos won't do it, there.

Bloodthroe · Post by **Bloodthroe** » Thu May 13, 2004 9:27 pm

I can't believe you are actually asking why people hack...

Luis Antonio · Post by **Luis Antonio** » Fri May 14, 2004 5:52 am

Originally posted by Bloodthroe
I can't believe you are actually asking why people hack...

Cant I?

I know it seems to simplist, or maybe naive, but you must agree that it is a real big social problem, specially cause one of the main social products today is information. Info=value, value=cash, cash=interest, interest=survival.

@Fable, but Demos have been left aside for a while, with a lot of enterprises preferring videos to half games.

Bloodthroe · Post by **Bloodthroe** » Fri May 14, 2004 12:59 pm

Originally posted by Luis Antonio
Info=value, value=cash, cash=interest, interest=survival.

It's really not that simple, but for most people it works kind of like that.

Vicsun · Post by **Vicsun** » Sun May 16, 2004 4:14 am

Originally posted by Luis Antonio

I know it seems to simplist, or maybe naive, but you must agree that it is a real big social problem, specially cause one of the main social products today is information. Info=value, value=cash, cash=interest, interest=survival.

So I take it you are against the free flow of information then? Somebody shut down the internet!

On a related note, most music artists claim they aren't hurt by p2p.

Harvard concurs.

Luis Antonio · Post by **Luis Antonio** » Mon May 17, 2004 5:45 am

Originally posted by Bloodthroe
It's really not that simple, but for most people it works kind of like that.

How is it then? I dont understand your point...

So I take it you are against the free flow of information then? Somebody shut down the internet!

Nope, you got me wrong...

The flow of information, knowledge, and social interaction, conversation, must be allowed. A good comm system is essencial for human society maintenance, alas, is the best thing agaist politicians and social disorder...