There was this highly-publicized story a year ago about Demigod, a DRM-free game that suffered server problems due to excessive traffic from pirated copies. As much as it pains me to say it, DRM may have been a boon for this game.

Demigod, Piracy And Good Business Models...

DRM is a fantasy. Snake oil. It doesn't work. It's been proven time and time again for the last 25 years. EVERY copy protection system ever devised has been defeated quickly.

The PS3 still doesn't have any measurable piracy.

There is no feeling of entitlement.

contradicts this:

so the usage of a free pirate equivalent is further justified

Your "justification" is the very definition of a "feeling of entitlement". You don't want to pay the price they're asking for but you want it anyway so you'll just go ahead and take it, am I right? While it's true that MS competes with piracy, attitudes like yours should not be encouraged.

Interesting abridged history of comic book publishing there.

Just wanted to add though that for those in Asia where comics (not just mangas) have a small but dedicated cult following, there's another big bookstore that carries comics — Kinokuniya. Here in Dubai, Kinokuniya in the new Dubai Mall is the only place that stocks a healthy collection of graphic novels.

I wish I hadn't wasted my mod points on some of those April Fools comments. This is one of the greatest benefits of FOSS but is not well-understood by lay persons.

Maybe it's a metric-english unit mixup.

I live in Dubai. I've lived here for many years and have seen it slowly become what it is now. It went from being a rather nice place to live to being one that I want to leave as soon as possible (still working on that). People like the poster above are one of the main reasons for my wanting to leave.

Get that cough taken care of.

I'm not an American but I'm certain that the Bill of Rights is not for US citizens only.