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Is it wrong to download illegaly?

Jon
over 11 years ago

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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  • over 11 years ago

    Goatworshiper said:

    I work with musicians and they all moan about people stealing music whilst at the same time being guilty of stealing recording softwareLaughing They don't like it when I point it out.

    This happens in the software industry too.

    Or at least it used to before Microsoft made the 'Express' versions of their Visual Studio development environments, which are free to download and use.

    I wouldn't be surprised if a large proportion of digital artists start out with illegally downloaded copies of PhotoShop (depite the availability of free alternatives such as GIMP), or web-designers and DreamWeaver, too.

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  • over 11 years ago

    Goatworshiper said:

    I work with musicians and they all moan about people stealing music whilst at the same time being guilty of stealing recording softwareLaughing They don't like it when I point it out.

    This happens in the software industry too.

    Or at least it used to before Microsoft made the 'Express' versions of their Visual Studio development environments, which are free to download and use.

    I wouldn't be surprised if a large proportion of digital artists start out with illegally downloaded copies of PhotoShop (depite the availability of free alternatives such as GIMP), or web-designers and DreamWeaver, too.

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