phantom's Blogs

Like most NZGamers, i'm sure, i'm not a pirate. I'm proud of my videogame collection and have a healthy selection of DVDs - i've also started to expand my Bluray collection.

I am, if you like, the perfect consumer. I don't steal anything and I willingly purchase multiple movies and multiple games per month. I'm the key demographic - the young (ish :P) professional with money available to buy things with and i rarely hesitate.

And i'm pissed off.

Why?

I'm pissed off because when I buy (or rent) a movie, I have to sit through unskippable FBI warning notices, bullshit "would you steal a handbag" (both people end up with a "handbag" in digital piracy you crap advert-making moron) douchebaggery.

Add to that the Digital Rights Management crap that's starting to become a regular feature of certain PC releases (see: Spore and Bioshock for recent examples), DRM which actively inhibits consumers rights, consumers that paid around a hundred dollars to be so gimped, and I start getting a little hot under the collar.

Newsflash, media assholes - I paid money for this bullshit. I am SICK of paying money for this bullshit. The pirates strip this stuff without having the attack of guilt you're clearly hoping will stop them so why bother with it?

If you want my money, dump the DRM and general "WE THINK YOU'RE THIEVING SCUM, PHANTOM!" bullshit.

You're in grave danger of converting an honest citizen into a pirate - if you keep calling me one, I might as well be one.