Or better still, howabout I add, taking without the consent of the owner?
MS
MS
> > > Warez helps people try software prior to purchase - some buy it who
> > > wouldn't otherwise, others don't buy it who perhaps would..
> > Bullshit.
> > Definition of theft -
> > To procure goods or property with intent to permanently deprive the
legal
> > owner.
> Based on your definition then it is not theft to try warez before the game
> is out and then buy the game when it is released. Because if this is done
it
> in no way permanently deprives the legal owner.
> LOL
> > Warez is simple theft, or in the hands of somebody who has downloaded it
> > from a site, reciept of stolen goods. Sure, people can try warez
products
> to
> > see if they would like the product or not. In the same manner, I could
go
> > and steal a chocolate bar from the local shop before I decide whether I
> like
> > the taste or not and whether I will buy more of the same. No matter what
> > play on words people like to go with, once one's hands are soiled with
the
> > "swag", curiosity is no justification for committing the initial act of
> > theft.
> > LOL.
> > Sorry M'lud, I ripped off this software because I wanted to know if it
was
> > any good or not before I bought it.
> > People have of late, taken great pleasure in lambasting British football
> > hooligans and branding all British football supporters with the same
iron.
> > For every hooligan there are ten England fans who are decent hardworking
> and
> > genuine sporting fans. These people are branded as the scum of Europe
> > because they travel on the same planes, share the same hotels and stand
on
> > the same terraces as their lowlife counterparts.
> > In the same manner, all gamers (or all other software users come to
that)
> > are branded as potential thieves because of the warez supporting people
> > amongst them. This is why we see CD protection and other measures
> > implemented. For every 10 persons who download a warez game (to
evaluate)
> > and deletes it, rest assured that there will be at least 1 who will keep
> it
> > on their hard disk. (If people do not believe this they are plain
stupid).
> > Despite the claims of the so called innocent 9 that they are evaluating
a
> > product, what is really happening is that they are generating sufficient
> > traffic to justify the running of such sites. Warez sites in the main.
> keep
> > going by click-thru banner exchanges and other money making scams such
as
> > linking to premium *** sites. By evaluating software in this manner,
you
> > are all guilty to a small degree of ensuring that at least 10% of people
> > visiting warez sites appropriate software by illegal means, with the
> > intention of permanently depriving the authors of any revenue. Wake up
> guys.
> > You want top programmers to perform miracles and then treat them with
> this
> > contempt?
> > > I don't think it applies to anyone here, and I don't think there's any
> > > new angle left with which to denounce,
> > How many angles to denounce theft does a decent citicen need before he
is
> > convinced? Just curious
> > MS