Notes on game piracy in Brazil: (digital) inclusion of the poor and resistance
inclusão (digital) dos pobres e resistência
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https://doi.org/10.19132/1807-8583201533.154-173Keywords:
Entertainment. Piracy. Resistance. Games.Abstract
The objective of this study is not to advocate on behalf of piracy in an ethical point of view. Although we recognize the relevance of this debate, our analysis will focus on the cognitive bias and the production of subjectivity linked to the pirate practices in Gamer Culture. We argue that the subjectivities involved in commercial game’s piracy put in motion sociability networks, self-taught and tutorship processes, manipulation of complex technical devices, in addition to the stimulus to creative and free production. This report of an ongoing investigation studies virtual communities inside the social network Orkut and its Brazukas group.Downloads
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