Do you often pirate things on a computer?

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nordlead said:

NJ5 said:

nordlead said:
I used to a long time ago when I was young and stupid and it was the popular thing to do and Napster was all the rage

Now I work in computer software and luckily no one will pirate my software, but I can completely understand not appreciating not being paid for your work. Also, the whole "I wouldn't have bought it anyways" doesn't make it acceptable in any way shape or form. Just accept that you're being an asshole and pirate away. Then at least you are being honest.

It may not make it acceptable to some people, but the point still stands that when you're pirating something you would never be able to buy, you're not having a negative economic impact on the company selling the software. That's irrefutable.

 

yes, but if you pirate it, you don't have the right to enjoy the other persons hard labor. If said person wanted you to have it for free, then they would say so, but that isn't the case. They want to be paid for their work for you to benefit and if you pirate you do them wrong. That is irrefutable. Now, if you want to pirate, don't try to hide behind these excuses to make yourself fell better.

I didn't ever understand these kind of posts.

Just try to believe, that I'm not denying anything that I would consider shameful. On this forum, I always honestly wrote what I thought about things. I'm not pretending to be anything. I honestly admitted many things what others would automatically consider immoral, weird, or just pathetic.  I wouldn't have any problem with admitting that I pirate things for the lulz, if that would be how I feel. 

But I happen to believe that piracy is morally, economically, politically, etc, acceptable.  

There are many other people like me. But according to you, we shouldn't even discuss the possibilities, or tell our opinions, like if we would be some sort of cannibalistic serial killer rapists, or something similar, that is so obviously "wrong because it is wrong".