Do you pirate?

[Prometheus]

Do you pirate things? Music Movies or software? List where from.

List your philosophies.

Music I don't feel bad about downloading music while all of the artists still have mansions and 7 figure incomes

I buy important programs I use all the time. Not ones I need for one time fixes

Games Try before I buy.

Movies-Only if they arent out in Ireland yet.

Don't list anything you HAVE pirated. This could potentially be used to prosecute you.

[Prometheus]

of course they do. They want you to keep giving in money

Greed, what a horrible thing

It says where from.. Where do you download things from?

There are too many options for a poll.

[Jason425]

yea.. no thanks on pleading guilty.. but I have a lot of music.. and bf1942 and hl2 are the only games I currently play that I "paid" for...

[vee_ess]

Philosophy-wise, I feel that we are given two options. The first is to pay for whatever I am going to use if I feel it is a fair price. If I don't feel it is a fair price, the second option is to not use it. You don't walk out of Safeway with stolen tomatoes just because they charge too much, do you? You buy it or you don't.

With that, said, I will proceed to mention that all of the software installed and/or used is purchased and legal. With movies and music, I don't think it is really even worth downloading any of it because of the quality that you get. There are music videos on here, however, but those that Launch hasn't proceeded to put up yet, but they are all recordings off of broadcasts (MTV, VH1, Fuse etc.) rendering them legal.

[Aemon_]

meh, i've grown out of it. back when napster first opened its doors and following the close down and moving to kazaa, i was a downloading fiend. but i just don't care as much anymore. i'll grab a song here or there, then go to a used music store or somthing and pick up the album if i like it. as far as video goes, i'll grab clips here and there. usually of old anime i havent seen in a while.

software, now there is an area i struggle with. i've moved to alot of open source stuff. but there a few tools that i just cant afford to pay 2g for. blah, price gougeing.

later

[Jason425]

aka photoshop... likely most pirated software there is.. (well.. besides windows)

[Aemon_]

who me jason? nope, fireworks user here. when i fire it up, i always grab my eye patch and say 'arrrrrr'.... my wife is worried about me.

later

[Jason425]

I was talking about price gauging

[Aemon_]

yes yes, photoshop is outrageous. along with anyother adobe product, except acrobat reader. so are macromedia's products, but theyre so good.

later

hmmmmm i don't think i have paid for software in a looooong time....

also i bought a cd recently for the first time in around a year (i mean a cd that comes with the music already on it heh)

take that as you will

so while i am Canadian and there isn't a dang thing anyone can do IF i pirate music, i am not about to say anything incriminate myself just in case the American authorities find a way to start arse-raping the rest of the world.....