Research Presentation: Video Game Piracy Edfan P. Tjandra Comp 450

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Research PresentationVideo Game PiracyEdfan
P. TjandraComp 450
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Thesis Background

• Even though it is considered as a victimless
  crime, video game piracy has caused many
  repercussions such as losing jobs and tax
  revenue.

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Thesis Background

• Even though it is considered as a victimless
  crime, video game piracy has caused many
  repercussions such as losing jobs and tax
  revenue.
• Background
• Video games piracy has been around since there
  was an Internet.
• Video games piracy forced some companies to merge
  with other companies and some of them to go
  bankrupt.

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Facts

• Video games piracy has caused 3 billion tax
  revenue loss anually and approximately 100,000
  direct jobs.

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Facts

• Video games piracy has caused 3 billion tax
  revenue loss anually and approximately 100,000
  direct jobs.
• The industries have no one to blame for piracy.

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Facts

• Video games piracy has caused 3 billion tax
  revenue loss anually and approximately 100,000
  direct jobs.
• The industries have no one to blame for piracy.
• The industries believe in themselves that their
  products can not be cracked -gt hacking is morally
  acceptable.

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Facts

• Video games piracy has caused 3 billion tax
  revenue loss anually and approximately 100,000
  direct jobs.
• The industries have no one to blame for piracy.
• The industries believe in themselves that their
  products can not be cracked -gt hacking is morally
  acceptable.
• Most piracies are done outside of the countries
  where the games are developed which makes the
  laws are powerless.

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History

• NES and Sega Genesis use cartridge.

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History

• NES and Sega Genesis use cartridge.
• PSX use the first recordable media called CD.
• It was over after modified chips and CD-ROM were
  introduced.

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History

• NES and Sega Genesis use cartridge.
• PSX use the first recordable media called CD.
• It was over after modified chips and CD-ROM were
  introduced.
• Sega Dreamcast uses a special disk format called
  GD-ROM
• It was over Utopia bootdisk was invented.

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History

• NES and Sega Genesis use cartridge.
• PSX use the first recordable media called CD.
• It was over after modified chips and CD-ROM were
  introduced.
• Sega Dreamcast uses a special disk format called
  GD-ROM
• It was over Utopia bootdisk was invented.
• PS2, Xbox, Xbox360, Wii use DVD.
• Cracked by modifying the playback software to
  write the decrypted and decoded audio/video
  streams to the hard drive.

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History

• NES and Sega Genesis use cartridge.
• PSX use the first recordable media called CD.
• It was over after modified chips and CD-ROM were
  introduced.
• Sega Dreamcast uses a special disk format called
  GD-ROM
• It was over Utopia bootdisk was invented.
• PS2, Xbox, Xbox360, Wii use DVD.
• Cracked by modifying the playback software to
  write the decrypted and decoded audio/video
  streams to the hard drive.
• NDS, PSP homebrew system.
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vd6fVi0wpnps

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History

• NES and Sega Genesis use cartridge.
• PSX use the first recordable media called CD.
• It was over after modified chips and CD-ROM were
  introduced.
• Sega Dreamcast uses a special disk format called
  GD-ROM
• It was over Utopia bootdisk was invented.
• PS2, Xbox, Xbox360, Wii use DVD.
• Cracked by modifying the playback software to
  write the decrypted and decoded audio/video
  streams to the hard drive.
• NDS, PSP homebrew system.
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vd6fVi0wpnps
• PS3 uses Blu-ray disc.
• It has not been completely managed to crack yet.
• http//gizmodo.com/search/ps320homebrew

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Ethical Issue

• Subjective Cultural Relativism
• Right and wrong are relative.

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Ethical Issue

• Subjective Cultural Relativism
• Right and wrong are relative.
• Divine Commandment Theory
• Piracy is stealing. Stealing is against the Ten
  Commandments.

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Ethical Issue

• Subjective Cultural Relativism
• Right and wrong are relative.
• Divine Commandment Theory
• Piracy is stealing. Stealing is against the Ten
  Commandments.
• Kantianism
• Pirates use developers' work as their means to
  an end.

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Ethical Issue (continued)?

• Act Utilitarianism
• Against the Principle of Utility where pirates
  get the most benefit (happiness).

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Ethical Issue (continued)?

• Act Utilitarianism
• Against the Principle of Utility where pirates
  get the most benefit (happiness).
• Social Contract Theory
• There is no mutual benefit between software
  developers and hackers.

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Future Impacts Prevention

• Impacts
• Video games will decrease in number and quality.

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Future Impacts Prevention

• Impacts
• Video games will decrease in number and quality.
• Prevention
• PC A server based multiplayer online game where
  hack is not possible.
• Nintendo modded console checker.
• Microsoft Xbox Live to look for modified
  console.
• Sony Blu-ray media which is expensive and hard
  to copy.

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Conclusion

• Video games piracy will never cease as long as
  video games exist.