Glad to see copyright issues are so black and white for everyone. Foremost whenever talking about the topic, it makes sense to replace the words developers/artists/whatever with publishers/distributors etc. 90% of the revenue (in the music industry at least) goes to the latter but the former is pushed into the spotlight because piracy steals from their hard work.
I suggest everyone to do some reading up on how much is taken away from the creators (artists, development houses) by the publishers before taking the high ground with statements like "piracy is bad and illegal! I am an upstanding citizen!". We know its bad, but its also a smokescreen on the inner workings of most industries that thrive on creative output.
Also add to this the fact that I'm paying by the nose for shipping and customs because I live overseas. Why am I forced to pay an ADDITIONAL 30-40$ for a physical commodity that can be download via the internet in 2-3 hours? Because the industry does not give me the option, if they did the next step would be to remove the distributors/publishers and pretty soon I'd be paying the developers/artists directly. See the slope on that one?
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