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Darkheart, That's not how the law works. The law in this case is set up so if you make something, people must agree to pay for what you've produced. As a developer, what would you think if people kept stealing your games and said, "Obviously the law is pointless because it can't stop us talking your games and so it should be changed so we can legally."

I'm willing to bet you'd argue the point, and so would millions of other people who rely on laws (no matter how unenforced) to help them make a living. People are greedy and selfish by nature. If you changed the laws to let the general populace have their way, over time the economy would fall to pieces in every country.

Yes, it's true as you say that the enforcement of laws isn't that great. And, many laws are outdated. Some are even unfair. But, the laws which protect copyrighted material from being taken willy nilly still have their place, even if it doesn't make life easy for people who just want to take stuff without paying for it.


I agree completely Winni.