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voidmain:
And again, you are the reason my hardware isn't going to work, and I'll have to pay more for the stuff that makes it not work. Thanks. I can see this is just going in circles so I've made my views known, nothing more to add.

lazygamer:
No Void, you didn't waste your breath. When people tell me shit, it goes to heart, unless I think they're a fuckwad(which you are not). It plants a seed, sometimes I change in time because of it. You do make good sense, but maybe im not ready to change yet.

I was merely stating my eththical viewpoint, I think of piracy and stealing in the digital form. Regret, remorse, guilt, it's not coming up dammit!  

voidmain:
I guess in my younger days I had similar view points. But I have to tell you, as I learn more about GNU and GPL I believe it a worthy cause. And I  am now feeling dirty if I copy a proprietary piece of software without paying for it when there are alternatives out there. Since learning about the GNU Public License I now believe in licenses, all licenses. Some licenses I believe are outrageous (Microsoft EULA). I now have zero dependency on Microsoft. I can't tell you how good it feels. I really do feel free, I have not one bit of guilt or worry that I haven't paid for something.

The same is true to a certain extent with music. There are alternatives out there to the proprietary labels. I really do like the music of some proprietary groups who are only out to make the big bucks. The license isn't bad enough for me to boycott them yet so I pay for the album. If I can't afford it I don't get it. Again, these are just my personal current feelings.

And as I said, in my younger days I just didn't know any better and I did make a few copies on tape of other people's albums (actually this was even rare in my younger days because I liked having the professional looking cover and song list). This is similar to people doing the file sharing today. For the ones that just don't know any better I can excuse them. But for the ones that *do* know better and continue to do it then I don't think very highly of those people (or I should say I don't think very highly of their actions, most people are "mostly" good   ).

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