2007-11-05 09:16:25 · 6 answers · asked by 'Silver' the Alien 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Against. The creator of the software worked just as hard as the author of a book, or a musician, to create the end product. Taking it without payment is stealing his work product.
2007-11-05 09:19:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Adamantly against.
The consequences of Piracy include: hefty fines, prison time, fear, guilt, and my personal favourite: tons of malware.
There are great free, open source versions of most popular commercial software, so "Piracy" just doesn't make any sense to me.
Examples include Windows vs Kubuntu, M$-Office vs Open Office, PhotoShop vs GimpShop, WinZIP vs IZArc, Norton vs AVG Free, etc., all free. See more examples below:
Feel free to post here and ask for the free equivalent of ANY "insert name here" commercial application.
2007-11-05 17:27:46 · answer #2 · answered by ELfaGeek 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Against!!
2007-11-05 17:24:23 · answer #3 · answered by krish 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Thank God for Open Source!
OS - Ubuntu
Office Suite - OpenOffice
Web Browser - Firefox
should I keep going??
All these come free bundled up with Ubuntu - http://www.ubuntu.com/
2007-11-05 17:26:42 · answer #4 · answered by Frankie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
FOR IT ALL THE WAY IF YOU DONT WANT IT ON THE INTERNET DONT HAND IT OUT TO PEOPLE WHO CAN PUT IT ON THE INTERNET?
P.S
PICK MY ANSWER NUMBER ONE
2007-11-05 17:25:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
im all for it. if its on the net its obviously free!!!
2007-11-05 17:21:12 · answer #6 · answered by p8ntballkid2008 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋