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Is it wrong to download illegaly?

Jon

Hi,

I just thought I would start this discussion to see what people think about illegal downloads....

I can honestly say I have never done it. Mainly for the fear of downloading a virus. From a moral perspective I am undecided.

I love music and love to collect CD's and records. If someone was never ever going to hear a beautiful peice of music in their life because they could not afford it would it be OK for them to download it illegaly? If they could never create something because they did not have some expensive software and therefore never fulfill there full potential would it be OK to illegall download the software? However where do you draw the line? Do you then just help yourself to someones possesions? Also what if the owner (software designer or artist) is really struggling to make a living? Should that influence your decision to download?

I am not a big fan of the consumer economy and culture but thats maybe another topic.

Cool

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  • Hi Jon,

    My husband and I run a small software house. We barely break even, certainly don't make the millions that people assume is to be made out of writing software. Within hours of putting something out into the public domain it is hacked and available free to all no matter what security is applied. I consider it theft. We charge less than 1 American dollar for most of our products in the hope that people will at least buy it. We are now thinking of packing it in and concentrating on IT Support instead as at least then we would not need to claim Tax Cradit to survive.

    Large games of course are relatively expensive, but imagine the overheads involved for their large staffing levels, state of the art equipment, offices, advertising etc. Software programmers and artists Are highly skilled individuals who work for the love of it and are rarely paid the rates advertised in magazines.

    As far as music goes, how do you know you are missing the most amazing piece of music in the world if you never heard it? Why would you want to download it if you don't know what it is?

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  • Hi Jon,

    My husband and I run a small software house. We barely break even, certainly don't make the millions that people assume is to be made out of writing software. Within hours of putting something out into the public domain it is hacked and available free to all no matter what security is applied. I consider it theft. We charge less than 1 American dollar for most of our products in the hope that people will at least buy it. We are now thinking of packing it in and concentrating on IT Support instead as at least then we would not need to claim Tax Cradit to survive.

    Large games of course are relatively expensive, but imagine the overheads involved for their large staffing levels, state of the art equipment, offices, advertising etc. Software programmers and artists Are highly skilled individuals who work for the love of it and are rarely paid the rates advertised in magazines.

    As far as music goes, how do you know you are missing the most amazing piece of music in the world if you never heard it? Why would you want to download it if you don't know what it is?

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