'Sims 3' Piracy Rampant Before Game's Release
There's more disturbing news today for those who respect property rights and understand the importance of providers receiving economic returns for their goods: piracy of the Electronic Arts Inc. game The Sims 3 reached 180,000 illegal downloads in just four days, May 18-21, prior to its scheduled sale date today, Bloomberg News reports (hat tip to Aleks Karnick).
Fully 41 percent of all PC software installed last year was pirated, the Bloomberg story reports.
As with any good or service, video games, software, and other cultural items won't get made and distributed if people cannot make a living from them. Hence piracy on this level poses a serious danger to the culture and the economy.
--S. T. Karnick
Comments
Then perhaps we should pay 5-10 dollars extra for bandwidth a month. In turn our internet companies can pay some fixed rate to what ever company. Those whom dont care or cant afford the cost simply wont be allowed to download or use high amounts of bandwidth.
Posted by: J | August 9, 2009 04:41 PM
I don't think people who don't use a lot of bandwidth should be charged more to pay for those who do. If you're saying that ISPs should begin charging for different amounts of usage--perhaps through a tier system--I certainly can agree with that. People should be charged for what they use, just as with cable TV and utilities such as electricity. That's fair.
Posted by: S. T. Karnick | August 9, 2009 08:03 PM