Originally posted by Zoomer
If downloading is illegal, then you what is the point of sites like www.riaa.org , www.whitehouse.gov when EVERYBODY cannot access them?
By accessing these sites, or in fact, any other web site, you are downloading.
Originally posted by revenant
Downloading of warez such as software, games, movies etc are
Originally posted by NitroTech
but i ain't gonna stop downloading movies!!! cinemas too expensive nowadays!!! oh yeah, and MP3 as well!!!
Originally posted by NitroTech
but i ain't gonna stop downloading movies!!! cinemas too expensive nowadays!!! oh yeah, and MP3 as well!!!
Originally posted by Richard
Like I've repeated umpteen times before. Just because it's expensive doesn't meant it's justifiable. If you're pirating software or mp3s or whatsoever, just admit to it. Don't try to justify it by saying that it's too expensive or whatsoever. True, it hurts no one, because there's no physical copy so by taking a copy of it, you aren't depriving someone else of that copy.
Now, think about your digital photos. The same argument can be used on your photos as well.
Originally posted by Kit
In my studies, Architectural Desktop is the software I couldn't do without. So do majority of Architectural students. The original copy retails for more then 8k. So how?
Originally posted by Richard
To be honest, that's an issue to be ironed out between your university and you and the software manufacturers. They generally have academic licenses. If they don't, and they know that you need it, it's generally implied that they turn a blind eye towards copying, which quite a few of the software manufacturers do. This is done so as to gain more mindshare, in the hope that when you go out into the corporate world, you'll buy their software.
HOWEVER, there have been people who have been made an example of. I've come across a student who was clamped down on by Autocad for publishing a picture of a hinge (!) on the net using a pirated version of Autocad. He posted it on his own website, and it was linked back to him. Total bill? $8000 for the software + legal costs.
Originally posted by Kit
I'm not talking about academic licenses. Of course, the uni is licensed to use the software. However, computer ratio to students is 3 zillion to 1, not considering technical failures(frequent) which will widen the gap. One simply cannot rely too much on school machines. Much better to secure a copy ourselves.
Exorbitant prices is being used to justify piracy, sad but true. Not without good reasons too.
Originally posted by Richard
Point taken about the university reason. But honestly, I'm sick and tired of people using the reason that prices are too exorbitant and use it to justify their actions. Be it in terms of music, movies or software.
Originally posted by Richard
Like I've repeated umpteen times before. Just because it's expensive doesn't meant it's justifiable. If you're pirating software or mp3s or whatsoever, just admit to it. Don't try to justify it by saying that it's too expensive or whatsoever. True, it hurts no one, because there's no physical copy so by taking a copy of it, you aren't depriving someone else of that copy.
Now, think about your digital photos. The same argument can be used on your photos as well.
Originally posted by ckiang
In a way, software pricing is one of the main factors contributing to piracy. But mindset is the larger one. For the latter, no matter how cheap/affordable, they will still buy pirated. I bought SystemWorks 2002 at $100 odd, which I find is reasonable considering it's really 4 software in one, but others think $100 odd is too expensive for software.
The other thing is de-facto software like MS Office, PhotoShop, etc. Sure, there are other alternatives like Staroffice, Elements, PaintShop Pro etc, but they aren't quite there. But of coz, the other side of the argument goes : If you can afford a DSLR, then you can afford the original Photoshop.
As regards music and movies, I never buy pirated. I am an audiophile, and the quality of the pirated stuff just puts me off. I am very particular about sound and video quality. I do download MP3s as a sample and eventually buy the original though. DIVX is just too large to download even on broadband.....
In his latest concert, I think David Tao made a good point in an interview : Quality of the original is important. If your original is no good, people obviously don't want to spend money on the original.
Regards
CK
Originally posted by NitroTech
OT here..... but I like your signature!! :bsmilie:
Will tell that to me friends the next time.:devil:
"Harassing Me about My Smoking May Be Hazardous to your Health".