I pirate all TV shows and films becase: - I prefer storing on my HDD than in DVDs - Living in the UK, it's the only way to get the TV shows I want to watch wi

I pirate all TV shows and films becase: - I prefer storing on my HDD than in DVDs - Living in the UK, it's the only way to get the TV shows I want to watch without waiting ages and ages after their air - It lets me watch the beginning on shows/films I wouldn't otherwise bother trying, then decide if I want to keep watching them. If I find a film that I actually enjoy and watch to the end, I do then buy it on DVD - but rarely watch the DVD, having already got the pirated copy. (I find now days I rarely watch films, more TV shows). I do have a TV license (in the UK) even though I only really watch TV shows that are ripped/downloaded. Games - despite working in the games industry, I very rarely buy games (maybe a couple of titles a year), but I don't ever pirate them. Software - I'm always happy to grab an illegal copy if a.) I want to see if I like it and there's no free trial available or b.) I want to learn what the software does, but won't use it after a couple of days. For example I pirated Adobe Photoshop when I first got it and just messaged around with it. Once I started needing to use it for my job (not that I use it that often, or am any good with it) I bought a license. With small software that doesn't have any real backing, even if I end up not using it much, I tend to pay for it if I like it, just to support the developer. (Examples: XChat, an IRC client, or UberTweet, a twitter application for the Blackberry). I've just actually looked through all the installed programs on this computer, all legal. Music, pretty much same as above - will download illegally first to see if I like it, if I want it in my regular collection then I buy it on iTunes (exception: if iTunes doesn't have it, or if it's only available in the US store which I can't use, I'll just keep the illegal version - except if I particularly want to support the artist in which case I buy/rip the CD) So yeah, I answered "yes" to the poll, but (with the exception of TV shows) I keep it in moderation.