Is it Piracy or Stealing?

[cracked]

I just want an opinion, many people consider piracy as synonimous with stealing, where others, me included, though it is still wrong, consider it different than stealing. What do you think?

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[Knothead]

I think it's merely a word for the STYLE of stealing.

stealing is stealing. you take something that you have not paid for. its stealing. enough said

[KAknight]

GroundZero3 is correct. It is no doubt stealing. However I sleep fine at night and I have never paid for software over $30. It doesn't trouble my conscience.

Another point -

Hey GroundZero3 - did you draw that avatar yourself, or was it a still taken from an anime video? Did you pay that artist for the right to display that image? Or did you steal a copyrighted image?

please note that I am not trying to pick on GroundZero3, I am merely using him as a convient example to illistrate my point.

no, i got it a bulliten board that was allow to use the picture since it was an anime forum.

However I sleep fine at night and I have never paid for software over $30. It doesn't trouble my conscience.

so just because its under $30 the people who made that program shouldn't get compinsation for there time and effort?

[KAknight]

No, I can only afford to pay $30. I realise that it is "stealing" but I equate software piracy with jaywalking on my personal morality scale.

[cracked]

i agree w/ kaknight, yeah its wrong but it dont bother me, i dont think ive ever paid for software over like 50$

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[Lateralus]

I agree with KAknight also.

Originally posted by KAknight
No, I can only afford to pay $30. I realise that it is "stealing" but I equate software piracy with jaywalking on my personal morality scale.

well thats your opionion but you'll care if they find out and you have a lawsuit on your hands, just because you didn't want to spend 30 bucks. and basically your admiting that you use pirated software

JaYsin

[maface]

Can you steal from Microsoft? I have purchased Win95, XP, Nortons etc. But I would consider installing copied software of products which are so overpriced I would not buy them whether I can get copies or not. Also if I ever had a "pirated" copy when the new version came out I probably would buy it, I guess its a form of "pirate before you buy it"

When it's convenient for these compaines to give out their software like internet explorer its all well and good but if a person buys XP and install it on two computers its a problem?

Also I could not blame someone for using a pirated copy when with every version of windows that comes out you have to buy a new version of the high priced apps that will not work with previous versions.