the whole idea of piracy is ridiculous. My opinion on this is as
follows, dismiss it if you like. I came from a windows world where
software often came at the cost of money. I don't usually have much
money to spare. If I want a piece of software bad enough, I torrent it.
End of story. I'm blind, so this situation becomes even worse.
Accessibility software used to (it doesn't now as much) cost upwards of
$800. I wanted it, i torrented it, cracked, it, whatever you want to
call it. NOw there is a free software screen reader for windows but I'm
rambling. The point is, some people pirate stuff because they can. Some
do because they cannot afford to purchase it. Would you have everyone do
without because they can't afford books/software? Audio books are not
cheap. I think the cd is deprecated, but for some reason the industry
still uses it. In the gnu/linux world the atmosphere is vastly
different. Payware is the exception rather than the rule. And of those
that are, usually I don't mind paying because the quality is good
enough, I don't mind supporting the developers. Being forced to pay
before I can decide whether or not I want the program is definitely not ok.
Just my two cents.
On 07/24/13 17:09, [email protected] wrote:
We brought DRMs on ourselves when we thought we could keep pirating
stuff. Lucky me, I quit that line of thought years and years ago. You
should too. Next time DRM and laws like SOPA and PIPA might not be so
easily destroyed.
I disagree with DRMs, but if I was in their position, I would probably
have invented them too.
They have been asking for years for people to stop pirating stuff.
What, are you surprised they tried it at the technical level? It's
called escalation.
