[The Warlock]

Originally Posted by Fake_Name

A.K.A. Troll. Period. If Pissing people off gets you off, good for you. Just go away. Faaaaaar Away.

Actually, a troll pisses people off just to be pissing people off in general. I piss specific people off because they are assholes and deserve it.

Hmmm. Lets see. What if i can't affort it, having to pay for food, living, etc... first.

Then do without. Or get a better job. If you couldn't afford candy, would you take it off the shelves?

Would you spend thousands of dollars for a 3D modelling program if you just want to try it, and perhaps learn how to use it.

No, I would download the free trial vesions of those programs.

I don't make that much surplus cash in a year. I am not producing content for anyone else, selling things I make with it, or anything like that, just teaching myself for my own personal betterment. How is that depriving the creator of a sale, if I could and would not buy the program anyways.

Because you are using what they created without paying for it. The producer of a product should be the sole outlet of that specific product; if people want it, they go to a producer. That's the way capitalism works. The 'I don't want to pay for it/don't want to save money so I can afford it so I will find it for free' plan is stealing.

Also, Downloading (not sharing) Legally defined as stealing, but rather copyright violation.

And copyright violation isn't stealing how? Copying a legally sold version for use other than a personal backup is copyright violation, and you taking a copy of a program (or anything else) without paying for it is stealing.

Not to be horridly impolite, but In any case, what is up with you? I know some people are irate, but you seem to go to excess.

What excess? Pointing out to people what assholes they're being, rather than just letting them get away with whatever they want? That's because I have been part of this communtiy for a long time, over a decade, and I've seen a lot of good projects, businesses, and ideas end because so many people are determined to just wait until someone rips it and uploads it somewhere. If you want more quality content (as you leeches typically are the first to bitch about the lack of stuff available) then you have to be willing to put your money where your mouth is. And as someone that finally got a big project going in the hopes of showing people that spending money on this stuff will only help the community, I take it personally when the first question out of almost everyone's mouth is "will it be free??" Fuck you, no. Pay for it or do without.

I also work in the software industry, and pirating my company's products does affect our cash flow, limiting what we can do in the future.

In any case, you should probably know that much of the information published about the "damaging" effects of filesharing massively inflates the ammount of damage that it actually causes (the companies that published all the statistics has been publically crucified for overlooking massive ammounts of information). You shouldn't believe everything you read. Not that there isn't any damage, but it is much less than most people, particularly including you, seem to believe.

I am aware of that, you're speaking specifically of the RIAA, MPAA and game publishers. However, as I said, I work in the software industry; I know more about the actual numbers than you do, I think.

I can honestly say i have never done that. Have you?

No, I haven't. But I can honestly say I am trying to help this community; are you?

Ah, but my point is that i pretty much only download things where there is no potential sale. If i couldn't download it, i would do without.

And why don't you do without it anyway? Oh, right, because you do actually want it, you just don't want to pay for it, right.

Gas: It isn't about what money you're making, it's about the money you're keeping the creators from making. I suggest you take your own advice, and think before you post. I've seen a few people here agreeing with me, and one with you. Neither of us has recieved a warning from Lorekeep, what's that got to do with anything?

The Warlock