Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: James Shaughnessy Newsgroups: scea.yaroze.freetalk,scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Does the Final Fantasy 8 anti-mod chip CD work on Yaroze??? Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 23:09:20 +0000 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 82 Message-ID: <36C60620.2619884F@manc.u-net.com> References: <7a0a6u$714@scea> <36C40EC4.E4082468@datasys.net> <7a187m$o0v10@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <36C488C0.8DF59CF0@datasys.net> <7a26ck$2i82@scea> <36C4ADC7.E594EE7E@datasys.net> <7a2nh2$7op9@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <36C4EAE9.7498D911@datasys.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: manc.u-net.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------82FC3A731D2D3E2E324F602F" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en Xref: chuka.playstation.co.uk scea.yaroze.freetalk:1185 scee.yaroze.freetalk.english:3474 --------------82FC3A731D2D3E2E324F602F Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Darco wrote: > And you are right. There is no way to absolutely and completely stop > piracy... But that's not the goal. The goal is to make it so difficult > that it isn't worth it for someone to even try. > > 'Darco I would just like to point out some (possibly) amusing irony in this discussion. Sony (or more accurately SCEI/A/E, plus every other videogame software/hardware manufacturer of course) are clearly adamant that no-one ever copies their videogames, and who could ever argue -- none of us want our hard work ripped-off by low-life scum. But then Sony make the MiniDisc, which allows you to pirate CD-quality music as easy as pressing a button with "rec" on it. THEN, they advertise flippantly (on the radio) about "not copying your mates' CDs", when it's doing exactly that that will sell the thing in the first place. I just wonder why all stereos come equipped with the capability of taping (ie pirating) CDs, the radio or other tapes (and now onto perfect quality Minidiscs); but people have to get their consoles chipped to pirate games (which they will do if they want to pirate games). They [the music industry] say music piracy is rife, but they talk as though it's just the bootleggers [those that mass produce and sell copies of their CDs] who are costing them millions, not the petty pirates. What's going on? Is this a double-standard or am I just being completely stupid? Do they trust music lovers and not gamers or something? Jim -- ----------------------------------------- James Shaughnessy james@manc.u-net.com http://www.netyaroze-europe.com/~shaughnj ----------------------------------------- --------------82FC3A731D2D3E2E324F602F Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Darco wrote:

And you are right. There is no way to absolutely and completely stop
piracy... But that's not the goal. The goal is to make it so difficult
that it isn't worth it for someone to even try.
'Darco

I would just like to point out some (possibly) amusing irony in this discussion. Sony (or more accurately SCEI/A/E, plus every other videogame software/hardware manufacturer of course) are clearly adamant that no-one ever copies their videogames, and who could ever argue -- none of us want our hard work ripped-off by low-life scum.

But then Sony make the MiniDisc, which allows you to pirate CD-quality music as easy as pressing a button with "rec" on it. THEN, they advertise flippantly (on the radio) about "not copying your mates' CDs", when it's doing exactly that that will sell the thing in the first place.

I just wonder why all stereos come equipped with the capability of taping (ie pirating) CDs, the radio or other tapes (and now onto perfect quality Minidiscs); but people have to get their consoles chipped to pirate games (which they will do if they want to pirate games). They [the music industry] say music piracy is rife, but they talk as though it's just the bootleggers [those that mass produce and sell copies of their CDs] who are costing them millions, not the petty pirates. What's going on? Is this a double-standard or am I just being completely stupid? Do they trust music lovers and not gamers or something?

Jim
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