QUOTE(stringfellow @ Sep 10 2008, 12:32 PM)
Notice I write about "songs and movies" not your favourite topic of OSes and their costs,which is the favourite point people like to use to justify themselves pirating. If you cant afford 99 cents for a song, or USD1.99 for a TV Show, then you're just making up excuses to pirate.
My rationalization is simple: If I cant afford it, I wont pirate it. You dont see me stealing cars when I cant afford a new BMW 3 series. Same case here. The only difference is, that this is virtual, and to some people, they dont see the value of staying legitimate on things that cannot hold physically.
Sure, piracy helps on technology uptake, but how many of those who had taken up technology and incorporate that into their lives and livelihood, shed those piracy coat they wore during those "desperate times" and went the legitimate way? More often than not, they still hang on and wear those "pirate coats" and "eyepatches" , even when financial outlook have improved to a point that it is possible to take things up legitimately. To them, there is no incentive to go legit because you can get the same (almost) when you pirate. Selfish much?
Heh... piracy is piracy. Pirating software and "songs and movies" are essentially the same thing.
I can afford and I
have purchased tracks of iTMS before, but wherever possible I prefer to leech files off friends rather than to sit around and use up broadband quota downloading stuff that someone else already has.
A 10GB quota shared amongst 11 people isn't exactly a lot... is that a fair enough excuse?
Secondly, not all tracks are available on iTunes plus, and personally I think 128kbps DRM'd AAC is pretty sh*thouse. Is iTMS even available in Malaysia?
There is a slight difference between stealing a physical, tangible item and piracy. By stealing you are depriving someone else of something that
they have paid for, while the latter costs nothing to duplicate and only results in a
potential loss of income for someone. It doesn't take away what they already have and isn't nearly as detrimental.
I do agree with the last point however, people do tend to hold onto bad habits. Blame that on the education system. Regardless of how morally correct you are, I doubt there's a need for you to be this harsh on others.
Sep 10 2008, 12:22 PM
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