I've been makin this argument for years, piracy sucks if you're well off, but for less fortunate people it can be a ladder out of a system of self perpetuating put downs.

Even adobe recognised that, with a wink and a smile, most people paying for and using their product professionally now started out on a pirated copy because they came from low income families or impoverished areas.

There are developers out there who started out learnign to code on a cracked copy of flash or a serious gaming engine or 3d modeling studio. A friend of mine even, started out using a cracked copy of 3ds in his teens, he now animates professionaly in a freelance environment and now owns legitimate copies of the programs he uses to create.

And even pirating non creative stuff like literature, music, games, movies, can broaden a young persons horizon and expand their mind in to territories they may have never considered before.

As for "it takes money from the people behind it", stop and think about that for a second. Does it really? The kind of people I referenced above, would never have been able to afford them in the first place, these companies never would have gotten this extra income regardless if piracy was obsolete or not.

Yes there are people who are pirating out of sheer selfishness and inconsiderate thinking, people who could have afforded to buy them in the first place but their too busy watching the world revolve around them to give a crap and probably won't appreciate the products or allow their mind to expand inthe same way someone who could never afford them would. I wouldn't let those people tranish the name of poor individuals who aren't hurting anyone but essentially contributing to society in a big way eventually.

This is another reason why we've seen open source ideologies become more and more ever present in the last ten years, it's all about sharing ideas and spreading education at the end of the day.

Its an odd one. Pirating something with an infinite quantity which has no direct negative effect on the seller means people can excuse themselves into making believing its ok and its justifiable through circumstance. For a pleasure based hobby I can't entirely agree. The only piracy I have no problem with is people sharing college or uni textbook pdfs. Its ridiculous how much they had to pay to learn and help progress society is hidden behind a large pay wall and hefty microtransactions in the shape of yearly textbooks.

This is the notion that I agree. I've been in part of a small IT business and I've seen startups with little capital pirate their software they rely on, expand and then buy them when they can afford. This is why I think people like Microsoft and Adobe are striving things like Office 365 and Creative Cloud. Cheaper buy in but monthly subscription.

What about the poor person still saving for the software? What about the poor person paying back loans for the software they bought? Your friend cheated to get ahead.

You people with no sense of right and wrong please don't defend the poor with your bullshit. I come from as poor a background as they come. I have never had to steal to support my self or family. I work for mine. Anytime I have stolen it was for selfish reasons like your friend.

If what you are stealing can be obtained by hard work and effort. Then you are a lazy criminal who wants a free ride.

Haven’t watched it . Is it not good ?