I want this to be a serious discussion but im not sure that the people im trying to target browse DST
With all this shit about SOPA and piracy in general becoming a semi-talked about topic as of late I wanted to hear peoples opinions. Piracy has always been a simple concept to me; A company creates/sells a software product for people to purchase and use. Since this is not a physical purchase, generally, it can be illegally distributed easily and people can download this product and use it free of charge. Personally I find this idea immoral and obviously stealing but very difficult to prevent. I thought that this was a universally held ideology but ive been reading articles about places decriminalizing software piracy and mobs of people sharing "Finally, someone that gets it!" and "A government that listens to its people!" and I cant help but feel werid.
I guess this thread's main purpose is trying to understand if people really feel that they should be entitled to downloading anything they want or if this whole 'Death to big business' mentality is just humans getting in a group and following the mob.
If I made a poll I honestly believe that 100% of the votes would be for the option that said "I understand that piracy is stealing from the business that distributes the product"
With all this shit about SOPA and piracy in general becoming a semi-talked about topic as of late I wanted to hear peoples opinions. Piracy has always been a simple concept to me; A company creates/sells a software product for people to purchase and use. Since this is not a physical purchase, generally, it can be illegally distributed easily and people can download this product and use it free of charge. Personally I find this idea immoral and obviously stealing but very difficult to prevent. I thought that this was a universally held ideology but ive been reading articles about places decriminalizing software piracy and mobs of people sharing "Finally, someone that gets it!" and "A government that listens to its people!" and I cant help but feel werid.
I guess this thread's main purpose is trying to understand if people really feel that they should be entitled to downloading anything they want or if this whole 'Death to big business' mentality is just humans getting in a group and following the mob.
If I made a poll I honestly believe that 100% of the votes would be for the option that said "I understand that piracy is stealing from the business that distributes the product"
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