that analogy is fucking awful. you completely missed my point from previous posts. here's a better analogy:-Sh1fty- wrote:
You just steal that TV screen from Target but you don't share it. Yeah, totally ok...HaiBai wrote:
i guess im sort of playing devil's advocate. piracy does suck. do i still crack programs for my own benefit? of course. but do i ever redistribute them to other people? nope.
a TV company is giving out free, beatiful, high definition TV's. the only thing is that they modified the TV so that it only works in standard definition. if you want to unlock high definition, you need to go back to the store and buy it from them.
but instead of doing that, i decided to open up the TV, and press the button that allows the TV to play high definition. now there's no need to buy the TV because i already have high definition unlocked
is that stealing? nope.