Talk:Game Updates/@comment-99.6.46.60-20120528155641/@comment-4756055-20120528212307

Granky,

You're so right that SOPA/PIPA had huge flaws; I was so relieved when they were defeated. IMO, what we need is to redefine "stealing" to include digital content. That would make things much clearer for everyone.

I teach college students and this year's graduating seniors don't see downloading of audio and video using torrents as wrong. They don't see it as stealing or even as morally wrong. This is a large part of the problem: Attitudes of the young have changed with the technology, and perhaps not in a positive direction.

If we want our kids to realize that getting massive amounts of gems for "free" is wrong, we not only have to keep saying it in public venues such as this one, but we need to behave the way we want our kids to behave. In other words, we buy our gems if/when we can afford them, earn them when we can, and do without if we can't purchase or earn them.