On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 08:29:00 -0700, you wrote: >back onto software, software companies may NOT require personal >information to use. you legally can give them false information. i >do all the time. for some good ideas, search ampcast for three dead >trolls in a baggie, privacy song. hilarious and partly true. also >there are companies that charge outrageous amounts. such as m$ and >adobe. several hundred bucks for photoshop, when they dont understand >that photoshop, the most pirated piece of software of all time, would >sell like freaking HOTCAKES if priced at 50 dollars, and that the >profit margin would soar. i keep my consience clear, if i pirate a >piece of software, i send the company a cashiers check for what i feel >is a fair price. 30 bucks for photoshop, say. they cant track me, >but i paid them what is essentially pure profit, as there was no >overhead involved to them, and i wasnt going to buy it no matter what, >so no loss is involved.
--- Like most thieves, you justify your actions and assuage your guilt by casting aspersions on your victims. If you disagree with someone's marketing philosophy, then your moral recourse is not to steal from them, it's to deny them your support by not buying their products. -- John Fields
