videogames now:
>AAA company shits out another rushed garbage fire of a game
>every consoomer buys it because it's either his favorite IP or there's just no real alternatives at the moment
>doesn't even legally own what he purchased
>modding community proceeds to fix bugs FOR FREE until the game is somewhat playable
videogames in Ancapistan:
>AAA company shits out another rushed garbage fire of a game
>I buy it, and therefore own it
>take it to my own indie dev team, then proceed to patch bugs, refine textures, add content, etc
>publish our version of the game a month after its initial release at 50% of the original price
>AAA shitters can't do anything about it while we're swimming in cash for putting a cherry on top of a shitpile so it looks more edible
Videogames now:
stfu
>Another retarded motherfucker downloads your game and puts a bunch of extra hats
>That is the best version now since its everything yours is PLUS a bit of stuff
>He sells it for pennies since he worked a total of 2 hours on it and doesnt give a fuck
>You look up where that guys lives and get in your car to go break his legs
>Remember there are no roads
>everyone pirates the fixed version
>implying that's a bad thing
>You buy game
>You spend time fixing bugs
>You sell game for similar price as original
>I buy game from you
>Change the name to : Big Chungus Edition
>Charge twelve cents
Who's the retard now?
That depends on you being a reputable publisher
You'd be surprised, but most people would pay extra just to be safe from possible spyware being included inside their games
Sounds like nobody is buying it from OP then, shame
if OP has already made a name for himself and sells it at a reasonable price (not too high, yet not too low), then it would be a viable business model
the only way the original developers could retaliate is to get their shit together and start producing finished products at affordable prices, since even if you nuke down a "pirate" company, another will soon take its place, that's how free market works.
>get hunted down and killed by the Ea-xecution force for piracy.
What now you bitch?
Hunting down and killing people is what big boys do when the state takes everyone's guns away.
Reigning terror by sending out death squads would hurt both your reputation AND your wallet since even a child would carry a piece and be able to fight back.
You've gotta decide: either greed is human nature or socialism can work.
Wait, if there is no consequence in stealing other people's property and selling them as yours, wouldn't that completely halt the production of profit-oriented video games?
Human nature is way too complex to summarize it in one word, but greed is a major part of it.
Your way of thinking that has led you to believe success always equals killing off your rivals and biting more than you can chew is exactly why you aren't and never will be in charge of a prosperous business. Every major corporate leader got there by being able to negotiate mutually beneficial agreements and making unobvious decisions that pay off long-term.
So, if a big evil megacorp is out to slaughter you and your entire race, perhaps you should stop blaming a perfectly functional ideology like capitalism and ask yourself why most people in charge of the world have "-stein" and "-berg" in their last names.
if they violate the NAP you just kill them
would a world devoid of intelectual right laws and copyright protection be better or worse?
the advantages of removing them are pointed out by OP, but what would the drawbacks be?
>copyright wasn't a thing until ~15th century
>yet for some strange reason that hasn't discouraged the old masters to put their efforts into creating countless pieces of art, music, literature, etc that are still relevant today
You know what else wasn't a thing before the 15th century?
Then why did they come up with copyright centuries before internet and computers were invented and not 20-30 years ago?
Dunno, ask a historian.
>I would like to discuss this subject, here's my argument.
>Ok, but that argument is obviously flawed.
>Well, duh. I'm not actually educated enough on the subject to discuss it.
Brilliant
MILEIBROS...........
Reminder that all these big tech corporations are or were funded partially by the government.
I don't view it as an argument. But I view you as an idiot now.
Competition is what keeps greed in check. If you actually believe that greediness is part of human nature then why would you want to give humans (who can be greedy) the power to intervene and control the economy by using coercion?
Copyright is absolutely fucking stupid and hinders progress.
Imagine how good a ThinkPad would be with a MacBook trackpad. It would the perfect laptop.
Also, reminder that while the Wright brothers created the first airplane, they patented all they could and spent the following few years aggressively patent trolling everyone who wanted to design their own airplanes, thus fucking the budding aviation industry in the ass.
Copyright will always exist, companies will never ever drop their Intellectual Property just because some people think its wrong.
Don't get me wrong, I'm a Libertarian too and we probably would agree on all topics except this one, ancaps need to fuck off thinking that someday Intellectual Property will cease to exist when its literally one of the core of capitalism and big companies.
Yeah, IPs are probably the single biggest form of rent seeking out there. The fact that ashcan products are a thing is all the proof you need that buying up and sitting on IPs is a ludicrous advantage bigger businesses use to fuck smaller ones
Should've pre-ordered through Stadia. Cope old gen console players.
>no one to enforce intellectual property
No one would make a video game because everyone would just pirate it or steal the idea to make a chinese clone of it.
Patent trolling is not a sound argument against all kinds of patenting.
Patents have demonstrably shown to help incentivize technological growth on a global scale.
I actually fucking despise Ancaps for this and think they're no more than Ancoms in denial.
>Patents have demonstrably shown to help incentivize technological growth on a global scale
Whitehead made an airplane first.