"I just want to say it's ok, I'm not mad. I've played my share of pirated games as a kid. I guess this is karma, right? I remember when I was a kid, I didn't have any money to support my favorite developer. So I just want to say: If you cannot support the game devs with money, support them with words. Talk about them, share their games with everyone, leave a positive review, a good rating, send them a tweet, an email, whatever. Let other people know. That helps A LOT. If more people know about the game, some of them will have money and buy it. In the end, we just want to be able to create more games. So I hope you had a good time with our game and say good things about it on the Internet!"
—Lachhh, Just Shapes & Beats "piracy detected" message.
"This song is Copyrighted in U.S., under Seal of Copyright # 154085, for a period of 28 years, and anybody caught singin it without our permission, will be mighty good friends of ourn, cause we don't give a dern. Publish it. Write it. Sing it. Swing to it. Yodel it. We wrote it, that's all we wanted to do."
—Woody Guthrie, copyright notice for "This Land Is Your Land".
This artist does not endorse the following warning. The F.B.I. doesn't have his phone number and he hopes they don't have yours.
—Disclaimer on the back of Elvis Costello & The Imposters' The Delivery Man, directly above the FBI anti-piracy warning
"Home taping is killing record industry profits! We left this side blank so you can help."
—Dead Kennedys, cassette edition of In God We Trust, Inc.
This isn't how it should be! Mario Party DS hasn't been sold in 13 years, and it's not even on sale on any current Nintendo platforms! So why is it such a big deal if I pirate the game? If I pirate the game for my own enjoyment, why is it such a problem if you're not gonna make any money off of it in the first place?
—Joey Perlioni, Mario Party DS Anti Piracy | Finale
Firebird disowns all copyright in this product. It may be copied, lent, hired or transmitted at will.
— Disclaimer from the manual of Dont Buy This
I know I'm missin' out on sales...But I kind of don't mind.
—Schoolly D, Hip-Hop Family Tree
