I don't know a single person who's actions reflect a genuine respect for the stupid world of software licensing. Your comment contains the sort of conflict I'm

I don't know a single person who's actions reflect a genuine respect for the stupid world of software licensing. Your comment contains the sort of conflict I'm talking about. Why do you think it's acceptable not to? How is it that it is OK to do some things that displease the gods of protected content creation, yet still necessary to pay them certain forms of tribute? Why should people dance to the beat of a notion that is so obviously impractical? Should a couple of very specific business models be protected from natural progression of the digital revolution? Why should the onus be placed consumers to purchase things we clearly don't need to, and not on producers to create business models that actually make sense (e.g. steam, dongles, iphone store, support contracts, server-centric software)? What is it about your ethic that makes it something other than completely arbitrary?