Who is jumping ship once they start charging in November?

[Dubont]

If I just take out the DVD-rental part of my Netflix (so much TV to stream can't keep up), cancel my GameFly (not playing enough to warrant this between Netflix and FFXIV), I'll have an extra $24 bux for FFXIV!

Har har! (And no I will not resort to piracy for those movies, just because I'm a sexy marauding pirate that loves booty (treasure) and hangs out in Limsa).

what's wrong with piracy?

[Fiosha_Maureiba]

what's wrong with piracy?

What is wrong if you don't get caught? Now that I think about it, there's not enough sexy man pirates out there. Jack Sparrow, eh....I dunno...

But Dread Pirate Roberts?! Oh yeeees!!!

Back to topic: I'll most likely continue playing and paying short of extreme circumstances that I cannot foresee.

[Dubont]

What is wrong if you don't get caught?

If you get caught, you're dumb. At any rate, there's no reason why piracy is illegal....it isn't breaking any laws. It isn't stealing....so whatever.

Pirate for life!

[Rjain]

If you get caught, you're dumb. At any rate, there's no reason why piracy is illegal....it isn't breaking any laws. It isn't stealing....so whatever.

Pirate for life!

I'm not against piracy and actually support it to a degree but if you believe in what you just said you're an idiot.

[Dubont]

I'm not against piracy and actually support it to a degree but if you believe in what you just said you're an idiot.

>.> I believe that it isn't stealing (because it isn't). Does that make me an idiot?

[Catharsis]

>.> I believe that it isn't stealing (because it isn't). Does that make me an idiot?

No, but it could make you somewhat disingenuous. The argument you used is mostly irrelevant - piracy isn't necessarily stealing but that doesn't make piracy ethical; much in the same way that arson isn't murder, but that doesn't make arson ethical either. Piracy is piracy, and you should be capable of developing an ethical stance on it by its own nature.

Here's an example: If someone writes an original piece of fiction, do you believe he has the right to charge people for his story, or do you believe everyone is entitled to it? Is it within your right to demand that you have the opportunity to read through the story (or part thereof) before you choose to pay for it - even if he doesn't want to agree to these terms and would simply prefer you -not- read his story if you weren't going to pay for it?

If you believe you have this right, then you would think piracy ethical. Should you? That's up to you to decide.

[Dubont]

No, but it could make you somewhat disingenuous. The argument you used is mostly irrelevant - piracy isn't necessarily stealing but that doesn't make piracy ethical; much in the same way that arson isn't murder, but that doesn't make arson ethical either. Piracy is piracy, and you should be capable of developing an ethical stance on it by its own nature.

Here's an example: If someone writes an original piece of fiction, do you believe he has the right to charge people for his story, or do you believe everyone is entitled to it? Is it within your right to demand that you have the opportunity to read through the story (or part thereof) before you choose to pay for it - even if he doesn't want to agree to these terms and would simply prefer you -not- read his story if you weren't going to pay for it?

If you believe you have this right, then you would think piracy ethical. Should you? That's up to you to decide.

Oh yeah, he can charge people to own an actual copy, but I'll take my stand and get a "fake" COPY of the copy. That works for me. If I want the original or an actual copy of the original, I'll put money towards it. Otherwise, I'm ok with a digital copy of the copy.

[Crica]

what's wrong with piracy?

You better NOT go to your buddy's house and watch the PPV movie he bought!

You better NOT stream your buddy's Ipod on your PC and listen to the music he bought!

You pirate!