pirating

[Teo Zenios]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Leonard" <trixter at oldskool.org>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 3:42 PM
Subject: Re: pirating


> Jim Battle wrote:
> >> There is nothing wrong with the statement "When you're broke, you
> >> pirate."
> >
> > There is nothing wrong with it except that it is a blanket statement and
> > isn't true.  Most people, when broke, do without.
>
> If that's what you wanted to write, you should have written that instead
of
> attempting to pass it off as a grammar correction.
>
> I don't disagree with you; most people go without.  But I was (and still
am, to
> a degree) somewhat obsessive, so sitting idle drove crazy.
> -- 


Most people will not break into a music store to steal a copy of Van Halen
1984, quite a few people will download the same music in MP3 format from the
internet. Pirating (digitally copying a copyrighted work) is not exactly the
same as physically stealing the same item (I am not saying either is ok to
do).