> Many people I know have always pirated software and TV and said once there was a reasonable way to get it legally they would pay for it. I haven't seen this b

> Many people I know have always pirated software and TV and said once there was a reasonable way to get it legally they would pay for it. I haven't seen this be the case. I don't think you can convert pirates. I grew up on a 100% pirated diet. I now develop software for a living. I'd be an absolute hypocrite to pirate commercial software when I myself demand to be paid for my commercial efforts. You won't see me running any pirated software at all. Of course, given the choice and options we have today, in practice it means I'm running much less commercial software, and depend almost entirely on open source software. For that software I try to "pay" by contributing back when I can and it feels natural.