Originally posted by: dwell
Hell, I even stole my computer!
j/k
my computer is stolen, and every software on it are warez, as we are speaking, i am drinking some free rain water, and my computer is logged on to an expired netzero account with 10 hours of free 56k internet every month.
did i mentioned that my TV is also FAR after 3 rebates, 2 price matches, and a BVG?
yes i am kidding too. but i can also say that my windows is from when i was a student at school...
Yes, I have a few 30 day trial programs that just seem to never reach the end of the 30 day period.
so is it hypothetical or hypocritical LOL?
actually speaking of piracy, i think i read somewhere that, to a certain extent, piracy is bringing more benefit to the software companies tahn loss. it helps to bring the product to the end users who dont have money to try it legally. together with the quality of the software itself, the wirespread of the bootleg copies will help to create the reputation for the software and its owner. in this case the loss due to piracy is not really a loss, because if there was no piracy, the software company still couldnt sell or could sell very little of its softwares to those poorass users - a lose lose situation. so the loss due to pivacy in turn has transformed into the low cost of (effective) advertising because the target of the software company is still the rich ass businesses or organizations, not the petty users. of course this theory only holds true for big software companies with good softwares liek Microsoft
actually speaking of piracy, i think i read somewhere that, to a certain extent, piracy is bringing more benefit to the software companies tahn loss. it helps to bring the product to the end users who dont have money to try it legally. together with the quality of the software itself, the wirespread of the bootleg copies will help to create the reputation for the software and its owner. in this case the loss due to piracy is not really a loss, because if there was no piracy, the software company still couldnt sell or could sell very little of its softwares to those poorass users - a lose lose situation. so the loss due to pivacy in turn has transformed into the low cost of (effective) advertising because the target of the software company is still the rich ass businesses or organizations, not the petty users. of course this theory only holds true for big software companies with good softwares liek Microsoft
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That's an interesting theory. Too much piracy, however, I'm sure will hurt the industry. I was in China two years ago, and almost every piece of software people use, and especially every DVD and CD, is pirated. I was told that the effect of so much piracy is a loss of innovation and quality production. Chinese record companies don't want to spend the money to develop good artists, because 90 percent of the CDs people end up with will be pirated. I'm sure it's the same for software. If a market is too saturated with pirated software, people won't put the money into developing good software. However, that could never happen in the US, probably, since we have much tighter law enforcement than the Chinese do. I wonder if software companies will ever start cracking down on illegal downloads like the record companies are doing now.
Since I'm currently running on a linux install, I am forced to vote No in the poll. So... let's just say that ... that I'm not going to vote. :evil:
I've got TONS of pirated software. If, for nothing else, just to own a CD with pirated software on it. I've got LOADS of crap that I don't use, haven't used, and will never use. I don't know how to use Lightwave 7 and I don't care to ever learn. I don't have any use for Maya and all of it's expansion packages. I won't EVER install the piece of shiot that is Longhorn, but I have them all. I just like to have it. Some people collect porcelain dolls; some collect fine china; I guess I just like to collect knives, miniature coffee mugs, rare cigarette lighters, and warez.
I've got TONS of pirated software. If, for nothing else, just to own a CD with pirated software on it. I've got LOADS of crap that I don't use, haven't used, and will never use. I don't know how to use Lightwave 7 and I don't care to ever learn. I don't have any use for Maya and all of it's expansion packages. I won't EVER install the piece of shiot that is Longhorn, but I have them all. I just like to have it. Some people collect porcelain dolls; some collect fine china; I guess I just like to collect knives, miniature coffee mugs, rare cigarette lighters, and warez.
Record companies are not doing anything about copyright violations. It's the damn RIAA and their money grubbing vacuum-pocketed corporate wallet-hounds that thirst for any way to drain money from anyone and everyone -including artists, the ones that don't ever get a big enough cut of their own profits!
Uh, no, I'm not.
EDIT: With my Microsoft Action Pack subscription and Trend Micro AV subscription, I'm pretty much set. Nero and Roxio came with my burners. My adware/malware scanners are free. Musicmatch is free. I buy my games at great prices and resell them for as much as I buy them for (thereby making my gaming habit pretty much free). What more could I possibly need?
i think 90% of the computer using population has at least one program (that is not freeware to start off with), that they didnt pay for.
I have, in the past, downloaded or borrowed games and played them on my computer. I f I liked the game, I went out and bought it. If it suxors, then no, I just uninstalled it.
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