Developer of Minecraft on How Piracy Works

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A whole lot of truth packed into a short post:

I won’t bother analyzing why people copy games and other digital media, as that’s really a moot point. We’ve got an amazingly effective way of distributing culture that is extremely beneficial for humanity, but it clashes with our current economical models. Piracy will win in the long run. It has to. The alternative is too scary.

  • 17 September 2010

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