Hi, Guest
05-16-2008, 06:24 AM
well... I'd say that stealing a hummer is more like stealing a copy of the movie off the shelves.
If I wanted to experience the hummer without buying it, I could bum a ride in one, and really -- with software especially -- is more akin to borrowing... since software especially has a lifespan.
I know it's wrong to steal, but honestly, when I was young I couldn't afford movies, and renting them once in a blue moon puts money in blockbuster's pockets, not really the filmmaker's.
Or pirating Maya, Premier, or photoshop let me pick up skills as a teen ager that I would be otherwise unable to afford. Name one highschool student with $30,000 to blow on professional software.
And that's the distinction for me. I could never, ever, ever afford all of those things before, so, yes, I pirated them....
However, now that I can afford the software, I own legitimate copies. And I own legitimate copies of ALL my movies and music.
my pirating was a means to a legitimate end.
If I wanted to experience the hummer without buying it, I could bum a ride in one, and really -- with software especially -- is more akin to borrowing... since software especially has a lifespan.
I know it's wrong to steal, but honestly, when I was young I couldn't afford movies, and renting them once in a blue moon puts money in blockbuster's pockets, not really the filmmaker's.
Or pirating Maya, Premier, or photoshop let me pick up skills as a teen ager that I would be otherwise unable to afford. Name one highschool student with $30,000 to blow on professional software.
And that's the distinction for me. I could never, ever, ever afford all of those things before, so, yes, I pirated them....
However, now that I can afford the software, I own legitimate copies. And I own legitimate copies of ALL my movies and music.
my pirating was a means to a legitimate end.
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