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# Too Cool
Well Done and Woo of course!!!
Who needs 600 squids worth of Photoshop when there is BIRO! LOL...
(girlpants, Wed 7 Jul 2004, 13:05, archived)
# or kazaa
(I helped save b3ta! asparagus time Is in Brazil., Wed 7 Jul 2004, 13:06, archived)
# mmmmm
illegal photoshop!! and flash mx and winxp, bugger damn virus!
(I helped save b3ta! Goriath, Wed 7 Jul 2004, 13:07, archived)
# Since when did it become acceptable
to proclaim "I am a thief" in public?
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Wed 7 Jul 2004, 13:11, archived)
# well..
I stole the biro from work...
(I helped save b3ta! NobbyNobody 21 years a b3tan, Wed 7 Jul 2004, 13:12, archived)
# lynch him!
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Wed 7 Jul 2004, 13:21, archived)
# i'm not saying i downloaded it
simply that it is possible to download software from kazaa.
(I helped save b3ta! asparagus time Is in Brazil., Wed 7 Jul 2004, 13:14, archived)
# sorry ... wasn't aimed at you
just at the general "software theft isn't really theft" crew

it's a regular rant
(I helped save b3ta! Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Wed 7 Jul 2004, 13:21, archived)
# I steal software.
So what?
(I helped save b3ta! Laughing Boy, Wed 7 Jul 2004, 18:39, archived)
# Downloading software...
isn't the same as regular theft, as they haven't lost a sale over it. A lot of people who download Photoshop don't have the £600 to buy a legal version, so even if it wasn't availible online they wouldn't have bought a copy anyway.

(posted small to avoid clogging up most excellent picture's thread with a counter-rant)
(I helped save b3ta! Shegetz Chris Kamara's comedy moustache, Thu 8 Jul 2004, 4:19, archived)
# That's just shit.
You're passing the buck, not taking responsibility for your theft.

You're right, it's not the same as 'regular theft'. It's intelectual theft which is theft all the same. Don't tell me that nobody would be hurt if *everyone* downloaded PhotoShop.

It pisses me off to hear that excuse.

I've pirated Photoshop, but at least I take ownership of the fact that I'm stealing.


I do however, draw the line at giving out my home address in response to this post :)
(I helped save b3ta! Evil Prof. Pixel Masher I made this!, Thu 8 Jul 2004, 5:28, archived)
# As much as I love to play "download the software",
that's a nonsense argument. I can't afford a Porsche, i'm never going to buy one, so I'll just go and take one, shall I?

(thinks: ooooh, actually, there's an idea...)

(thinks again: oooh, actually, how about if i put down this beer and go to bed instead?)
(clutch puppy, Fri 9 Jul 2004, 14:39, archived)