Texas man pleads guilty to software piracy charges

Good. Only time I have a problem with piracy is when making a profit off it. If I download, it's for me and they weren't gonna get my money anyways, but if I sold it, that is an actual loss for the company, and I would be making a profit off someone else's work

Yeah...nice to see the police going after people for actual theft.

Yeah...Ballsy or maybe just stupid to try that Chinese stuff in the states.

Indeed, this is real 'piracy'.

Downloading for personal use at home is not & never will be, that's called sharing and it's no different to how we used to VHS stuff (including, shock horror, films) off of the TV or tape songs off of the radio.

Yup, hang him. It's one thing to take a test drive. Quite another to take the car off the lot and then sell it to your neighbor.

Makes no diff what spin you attempt to put on it,man up & take ownership that your a thief whether you make money from piracy or not your still a crim,comments thus far are typical of the me generation you want it without paying for it or just bone lazy & don't want to work,don't bother wasting my or anyone elses time attempting to justify or defend yourselves there is no defence or is it ok for me to steal anythng from you so long as i don't resell it..lmao..

well scorp im going to tell you something. just like the old saying goes if i wasnt going to pay for it anyway there is no lost sale. and its true i have no intention of paying for it unless i really like it. last time ive been to the movies was in 2004 and the movie i seen was the grudge

Originally posted by scorpNZ:

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Makes no diff what spin you attempt to put on it,man up & take ownership that your a thief whether you make money from piracy or not your still a crim,comments thus far are typical of the me generation you want it without paying for it or just bone lazy & don't want to work,don't bother wasting my or anyone elses time attempting to justify or defend yourselves there is no defence or is it ok for me to steal anythng from you so long as i don't resell it..lmao..

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I hire then rip..lol.. so i'm pretty much guilty of thievery as everyone else,in reality if you don't want to pay for it you go without well that's theory,it cracks me up when i see posters attempting to justify their actions most of the time it's like they're trying to absolve themselves of any responsibility which apprently makes it ok..lmao..by some crazy logic it's ok to steal so long as you don't sell it,so does that mean i can break into ones home & take anything i like so long as i don't resell it after all i was never going to pay for it..didn't think so..lol..

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lmao.. @Hopium's comment
Doesn't make it ok does it,there's nothing wrong with downloading to try so long as you don't keep it if you decide not to buy,however that's not how it went is it..lol..

Theft may well be fun but it is also a sin ^^

Religion is best left where it belongs & it ain't in this thread we're all sinners here

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*mutley laugh*

Originally posted by warriorp:

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well scorp im going to tell you something. just like the old saying goes if i wasnt going to pay for it anyway there is no lost sale. and its true i have no intention of paying for it unless i really like it. last time ive been to the movies was in 2004 and the movie i seen was the grudge

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Originally posted by scorpNZ:

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I hire then rip..lol.. so i'm pretty much guilty of thievery as everyone else,in reality if you don't want to pay for it you go without well that's theory,it cracks me up when i see posters attempting to justify their actions most of the time it's like they're trying to absolve themselves of any responsibility which apprently makes it ok..lmao..by some crazy logic it's ok to steal so long as you don't sell it,so does that mean i can break into ones home & take anything i like so long as i don't resell it after all i was never going to pay for it..didn't think so..lol..

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lmao.. @Hopium's comment
Doesn't make it ok does it,there's nothing wrong with downloading to try so long as you don't keep it if you decide not to buy,however that's not how it went is it..lol..

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Originally posted by Hopium:

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Originally posted by scorpNZ:

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I hire then rip..lol.. so i'm pretty much guilty of thievery as everyone else,in reality if you don't want to pay for it you go without well that's theory,it cracks me up when i see posters attempting to justify their actions most of the time it's like they're trying to absolve themselves of any responsibility which apprently makes it ok..lmao..by some crazy logic it's ok to steal so long as you don't sell it,so does that mean i can break into ones home & take anything i like so long as i don't resell it after all i was never going to pay for it..didn't think so..lol..

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lmao.. @Hopium's comment
Doesn't make it ok does it,there's nothing wrong with downloading to try so long as you don't keep it if you decide not to buy,however that's not how it went is it..lol..

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um actually thats how i bought torchlight. how i bought bf2. and shogun total war. and how i bought several movies on dvd. and yeah if you came into my house and made a copy of my furniture and my coffee machine i wouldnt mind.

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I've always used pirated software as a 'try before you buy' if you like it buy it.

As for making money from it. Well if people are stupid enough to buy copied software..............

Originally posted by xboxdvl2:

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i honestly dont mind if people come in and copy my music or dvds......

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Originally posted by LordRuss:

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Originally posted by xboxdvl2:

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i honestly dont mind if people come in and copy my music or dvds......

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That's the scary thing about the copyright infringement "thing"... 'They' want to complain that despite what you do or what you purchased, it really isn't yours. Which it ends up being more the RIAA & the MPAA and a bunch of other alphabet soup labeled individuals that seem to have rights over (say) your dvd... except the guy that directed the thing. Which is really irritating... Why do they get the money? They didn't make the movie.

And this little rant continues on in my head for the next 30 minutes...

I've already answered it twice, once in a senior thesis and a masters dissertation, but it still agitates the crap out of me...

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Thanks for reading. Despite my research & experience in the business I can still be picked apart by people deeper in the industry... but not by much. You're right though, and it is exactly what a lot of the artists are experimenting with doing these days and it has the 'labels' scared to death.

Originally posted by scorpNZ:

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Makes no diff what spin you attempt to put on it,man up & take ownership that your a thief whether you make money from piracy or not your still a crim,comments thus far are typical of the me generation you want it without paying for it or just bone lazy & don't want to work,don't bother wasting my or anyone elses time attempting to justify or defend yourselves there is no defence or is it ok for me to steal anythng from you so long as i don't resell it..lmao..

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