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Originally Posted by PFC5
But it could be a borrowed or rental disc so even morally it would still be pirating even if you leave the "law" out of it.
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I know. I don't pirate things I like. My logic is if I pay money to people who make things I enjoy they will continue to make them. (Except for my local footlong cheese coney and rootbeer stand
They tanked and no one pirated a single dog
)
Same for movies. But when I pay for them, I don't see it as giving money to the actors and directors. I don't pirate movies I like because I want to support the crew. The lighting guys, electricians, special effects crew. The people not making millions and living in the hills.
Same goes for video games. Most of the code in games comes from people who drive used Honda Civics. There's always rockstars in both mediums; Spielberg, Miyamoto, Newell, Blezenski, Scorsese, etc. I wouldn't really care to take $0.50 out of their pocket. But it's the grunts who I support when I buy my media.
That's why I don't pirate things I like.
Morally? If I was to live life with absolute morals according to what most people consider piracy morals, I couldn't shop at Wal-Mart, talk on telephones, listen to radio, drive most cars, pretty much do anything if you work the logic high enough up the moral ladder.
You'd really have to be Amish IMO to live absolutely by those standards.
JMO.
*Plus, the PS3 hack can turn your PS3 into an unwarrantable brick with no warning.
Readers beware.