:) Piracy is justifiable. Corruption is not. That's another thing. Too bad they both have to coexist with one another in this corporate driven world :P

Oh no, I was just giving that as an example of the difference in cultures. Like, if it's 3AM and I'm at a red light, no way am I gonna wait. Yet my friends tel me they get some weird feeling when they do it because they are breaking the law. Hate to say it but I don't need the law to protect me from an empty road at 3AM.

I really don't understand why people say they have no choice because they don't have the money. I don't have the money to afford a Ferrari, but that doesn't make stealing one more legitimate. "Steal what you can't buy" is pure communist crap.

I know :) Wanna talk traffic laws You won't go anywhere here if you were driving like you were in the States.

Owning a Ferrari is one thing, but owning a video game is another. They're not on the same league.

Yeah, and one night the road won't be as empty as it looked, and BAM ! you're dead. And death definitely sucks.

@kcua_626 : You can live without a Ferrari, and you can live without videogames. So they are in the same league of "useless stuff".

I am poor, I sold my family 5 times to buy PS3 games!!!

Except piracy is not stealing per se, this reason has been given many times, but when I steal that ferrari someone else won't buy it. Now if I make a copy, all of that handcrafted goodness is paid for. Especially with a Ferrari I can use the other beaten to death excuse. I'm never buying a Ferrari anyways (even if i could spare the money) , and someone has already paid for it, so might as well get a copy for myself. The craftsman still gets paid for the Ferrari HE built, why should he get paid for the copy if he didn't even bother building it? In my opinion you need a better example because this one just makes it too easy to counter, here's a hint, applying piracy analogies to physical things does not work out in your favor at all.

@kcua_626

I've learned how to drive manual in one of the worst cities ever when it comes to driving. I dare say it challenges any South American city.

They are definitely different. Can't own a Ferrari? Get a Corolla. Can't have video games? Play NES?

So why should someone who contributes nothing to society be earning more money than someone who actually furthers humanity just by selling useless stuff?