Olin Lathrop wrote:
> solarwind wrote:
>   
>> This is EXACTLY why people pirate stuff. People don't like to be
>> treated like criminals.
>>     
>
> No that's merely a justification.  People pirate stuff because they don't
> want to pay.
>   
I'm quite happy to pay, however when I do so I expect to be able to use 
what I have paid for.
I buy a sony dvd with the intention of watching it and putting it on my 
shelf, however due to the "copy protection" crap they put on it I am 
forced to break the law in order to see it.

Copy protection makes me pirate stuff, stuff that I already own. If 
that's not enough to make you feel like a criminal or at least like you 
have been ripped off and hard I don't know what is.

I'm already voting with my feet, I do my best not to get sony or EA 
products due to their DRM crap. If I buy music online I buy stuff 
without copy protection only. Its not up to some bogan in a call centre 
to decide if I have in fact formatted my computer or if I'm stealing it. 
By the same token I don't "share" stuff I own. I might take a portable 
hard disk with stuff on it to a friends party, but I don't let them copy 
it, 95% of people are ok with that. Its called ethics people, if 
somebody trusts me with their work, I respect that. If somebody treats 
me like a criminal even though I've given them money that really pisses 
me off.

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