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You say: > I think the best methods are trying to get people to pay (who haven't already) are probably guilt or a productive-spirited suggestion. And you also
by munificent 5y ago
You say:
> I think the best methods are trying to get people to pay (who haven't already) are probably guilt or a productive-spirited suggestion.
And you also say:
> I didn't feel badly about it either.
Those don't seem consistent.
The reality is that cracking and using cracked software is ethically and immorally wrong. People do it because they're selfish and can get away with it.
- MAGZine 5y agoYou make it sound like people who pirate software are trying to hurt creators. They're not. The means to acquire the software are just too great. If you give people a way to express their gratitude in other ways--they might (they also might not. heck they probably won't. but I'd also expect it to be non-zero).
- munificent 5y ago> You make it sound like people who pirate software are trying to hurt creators. No, I am absolutely not claiming any intention malice. I'm claiming selfishness. > The means to acquire the software are just too great. It doesn't matter. If you didn't make X, and the person who did make X doesn't give you any right to X... you don't have any right to X. They made it. By virtue of actually creating the thing, they morally have all of the rights to decide who should have access to it. If they haven't given you access to it, what right do you have to claim over it?