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<blockquote data-quote="ProfessorCirno" data-source="post: 4744261" data-attributes="member: 65637"><p>Naw. You can call Milgram on it though, if you want <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>For me? Ethics and goodwill. I have, in the past, pirated things*. I will, in the future, most likely pirate more things*. I also buy a lot of stuff. What do I pirate and what do I buy?</p><p></p><p>When I want to toy through a game a bit and I have no respect for the game's creators, I pirate the game. I, granted, only play it for about two hours, and then delete it in disgust, but I suppose the pirating is still there. This is more of the goodwill one, I suppose - I'm explicitly pirating because I <strong>do not</strong> want my money going to the group. This is one section I'm totally not naming examples <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p><p></p><p>When I want to get music from a band that <em>no longer exists</em>, I pirate the music. The band...uh, <em>no longer exists</em>, you see. I'm not giving money to the performers that I want to support, if I were to buy it.</p><p></p><p>When I want to get music, or a movie, or a show from another country that I cannot for the life of me buy regularly, I pirate more out of <em>neccesity</em> then desire. I watch a lot of anime. I cannot read Japanese. If there's a show that hasn't been comercially subbed, I'm going to download the fansub for it. It's not because I'm cheap or I like shouting <strong>"TAKE THIS!"</strong>, it's because <em>I don't understand their language.</em></p><p></p><p>Like I said, I buy stuff in all the above catagories. I buy games even when the game developer is no longer around (LIKE VtM: BLOODLINES IT'S ON STEAM NOW IT'S SUPER, SUPER CHEAP WINK WINK PLUG PLUG) because, even if the group is no longer around, increased sales in the game can lead to other companies attempting to make similar types of games. I buy cds from bands I like - always - because I want to support them and their music. And because a portion of all cd sales from Thrice go to charity (WINK WINK PLUG PLUG). If an animu that I like is comercially released, I buy it in hopes that sales will push <em>more</em> to be comercially released, and because I want to help reward the creators for making Haibane Renmei (Or whatever anime it is in question. Er, oh right, wink wink plug plug).</p><p></p><p>Am I a bad person? Maybe. <strong>I</strong> don't think so.</p><p></p><p>*That's about as defined as it's gonna be. Sorry <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ProfessorCirno, post: 4744261, member: 65637"] Naw. You can call Milgram on it though, if you want :p For me? Ethics and goodwill. I have, in the past, pirated things*. I will, in the future, most likely pirate more things*. I also buy a lot of stuff. What do I pirate and what do I buy? When I want to toy through a game a bit and I have no respect for the game's creators, I pirate the game. I, granted, only play it for about two hours, and then delete it in disgust, but I suppose the pirating is still there. This is more of the goodwill one, I suppose - I'm explicitly pirating because I [B]do not[/B] want my money going to the group. This is one section I'm totally not naming examples :p When I want to get music from a band that [I]no longer exists[/I], I pirate the music. The band...uh, [I]no longer exists[/I], you see. I'm not giving money to the performers that I want to support, if I were to buy it. When I want to get music, or a movie, or a show from another country that I cannot for the life of me buy regularly, I pirate more out of [I]neccesity[/I] then desire. I watch a lot of anime. I cannot read Japanese. If there's a show that hasn't been comercially subbed, I'm going to download the fansub for it. It's not because I'm cheap or I like shouting [B]"TAKE THIS!"[/B], it's because [I]I don't understand their language.[/I] Like I said, I buy stuff in all the above catagories. I buy games even when the game developer is no longer around (LIKE VtM: BLOODLINES IT'S ON STEAM NOW IT'S SUPER, SUPER CHEAP WINK WINK PLUG PLUG) because, even if the group is no longer around, increased sales in the game can lead to other companies attempting to make similar types of games. I buy cds from bands I like - always - because I want to support them and their music. And because a portion of all cd sales from Thrice go to charity (WINK WINK PLUG PLUG). If an animu that I like is comercially released, I buy it in hopes that sales will push [I]more[/I] to be comercially released, and because I want to help reward the creators for making Haibane Renmei (Or whatever anime it is in question. Er, oh right, wink wink plug plug). Am I a bad person? Maybe. [B]I[/B] don't think so. *That's about as defined as it's gonna be. Sorry :p [/QUOTE]
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