When did you quit pirating software/music?

[GhettoFob]

Originally posted by: dighn
LOL @ poll result

 

[NiKeFiDO]

Originally posted by: dugweb
I'm curious to know when you decided to quit pirating software/music or plagerism and why.
When someone posts on here something wherein it's obvious they are pirating they recieve a lot of hostility. I think we need to be reminded of the mind set we were in when we did the same things and hope that they will someday wisen up as you have.

but then again, yall are probably perfect and have never pirated a piece of software in your life.

edit: added crap to the poll

im sure ppl show complain about it also do it. pirating music is pretty much 2nd nature now a days, i almost take it for granted. im sure that will change when im out of school and theres not kick ass school network any more

 

[TBone48]

Quitters never win!

 

[aplefka]

No comment.

 

[Safeway]

I've paid for a few things - Guild Wars, HL2, HL, ... Diablo and Diablo 2 ... anything that I wanted to play online.

 

[zugzoog]

igowerf's post in the Software forums helps to kick the habit. Now if I want something for free, I go there first.

 

[Taejin]

I pirate and I will never stop pirating.

I try out what I see, and if I like it, I will go buy it.

Never again will I waste money.

 

[Cheval]

yo ho yo ho a pirate's life for me.


funny thing happened to me. I walked into a bar and the bartender yelled "Pirate!! You got a steering wheel in your pants" I looked down and said back "ARRRR! IT's driving me nuts!" :shocked:

 

[TuxDave]

I stopped when I graduated college and got a job.

 

[mchammer]

What about renting games to try them? I wouldn't want to be running apps from who knows where on my machine plus the nusence too. Just seems like bad security practice. Plus the websites one must vist are probably dodgy security wise as well.

 

[TitanDiddly]

Originally posted by: Anubis
where are the I have not stopped yet options?

Where are the I have not stopped and don't plan to options?

 

[huesmann]

Avast, ye scurvy dogs! Shiver me timbers!

 

[Patt]

I was never too into it, treating my downloads as 'demos' that I would buy if I liked. I realized that I could just play real demos for most games, and they were smaller downloads. I've never really been too much into music, so I haven't d/l too much of anything else.

 

[Amused]

I've never stolen software/music/plagurized.

I don't like people stealing from me, so I don't steal from other people. If I did steal from other people, I would have no right to complain when people stole from me.

 

[skace]

Originally posted by: Argo
I stopped pirating 4 and a half years ago, when I graduated from college. The reason being is that now I could afford to buy my own software/music.

Same. I never thought I would stop, but then I started earning an income.

 

[imported_Phil]

Originally posted by: SampSon

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: SampSon
I plead the fizzifth.

[Lil' John] Okay! [/Lil John]

WHAT

YEE-EAAHH!

 

[Pepsei]

Originally posted by: dugweb
hah, im really surprised at how many ppl say they havent quit... I guess the people that get so pissed when anyone mentions they pirated software is just a vocal minority.

...that or the mods

hostility?

don't ask , don't tell

 

STEALING IS WRONG!!!!

 

[DrPizza]

why'd I quit? "D-I-A-L-U-P" No more cable modem for me. If God didn't want me to download, God wouldn't have allowed broadband to be invented.

Reason #2: I ran out of good songs. And, there have been virtually no songs worth downloading in the past 5 years or so.

edit: note: the majority of songs I downloaded were songs I had on albums and cassettes. I prefer the MP3 format and am too lazy to rip from cassette. And, I hate the rewind button for cassettes.

 

[qaa541]

I've lost interest in pirating because between work, school, my girlfriend, my friends and my near 100 dvds I have plenty to do.

I got bored of downloading stuff like 2 years ago. If I want something I usually buy it now.