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I'm kind of sick of all these discussions. Sure, everyone who pirates has some at-least-quasi-principaled (or even, actually principaled) decision or rationale

I'm kind of sick of all these discussions. Sure, everyone who pirates has some at-least-quasi-principaled (or even, actually principaled) decision or rationale for why they pirate. Everyone seems to have an opinion on content quality, the efficacy of current copyright laws, and most people come to similar conclusions about the companies that control content and the groups of lawyers they employ to 'protect' those assets. But as I said, I'm kind of sick of these discussions avoiding one central point: Why do you pirate? Because you don't want to pay for it. It's that simple.

DanBC 15y ago
> Why do you pirate? Because you don't want to pay for it. It's that simple. Well, no. I pirate somethings that I have paid for because circumventing copyright protections is illegal in my country (England). I think (but I could be wrong) that circumventing devices is always criminal, whereas pirating is only criminal if done as part of trade. Format-shifting is technically illegal, but is set to become legal sometime. I'm not sure how they'll handle the device-circumvention laws.
kiloaper 15y ago
>It's that simple. Not always. Not everyone lives in the US with access to amazing services like Netflix, Google Play and iTunes.