Why is there so much negativity toward piracy?

[Zappykins]

You are right, but I think the contempt is from some of the people that brag about it.

For example, some people will tell you how amazing their rig is: Fancy Graphics card, lots of good RAM, super fast giant drives, hyper expensive super fast internet connection - all stuff that is very expensive. Then, in nearly the same breath, brag about torrenting everything and playing all sorts of games and never paying for them.

It’s like they only value their equipment. As if they spent a bunch of money to buy a super expensive truck – to go to the store and pack it full of stolen goods.

Hey my friend loan me a copy of Alan Wake and I played it. Is that stealing? No money went to the creators?

(Well, then, Ok I did buy it later, and I bought the DLC, so they made money, and made more money. But I wouldn’t have bought the DLC without playing the game, and who knows when and if I would have played the game if my friend had not load it to me. Just turns out it’s probably my favorite 7th gen game.)