Policy on discussing illegal activites?

[Davor]

Discussing pirated software of forums drags the wrong kind of attention and usually gets the owner in trouble, hence most forums try to steer away from this ordeal.

 

[MichiganFarts]

I don't think a discussion about piracy is a problem, but promoting piracy would be. The examples the OP gave seem more like promoting piracy.

Now we gotta hope for Village's sake, that discussing discussions about piracy doesn't result in a ban...

 

[Josh66]

For the record, I don't use any pirated software. I run Linux on my computers, and there are a ton of FREE programs out there. Pretty much anything you could want to do, there is a free program that can do it.

I only have one piece of software on my computer that actually cost me money (printer drivers). Everything else is (legally) free.


With all of the free options, I never even considered stealing software... Yes, PS is nice. Yes, it's more than I can afford at the moment. No, it does not fulfill a need that free software cannot (for me).


For virtually every app out there, there is a free version that is at least 'almost as good'. Sometimes just as good, or better.





Why steal it when they're giving it away for free?