Dealers, of course, aren't individuals with rights.

This is a clear case of The People versus regular old people, and the capitalization makes all the difference.

Yes, I imagine it's very beautiful in your mind

granted, it's not hard to hold the opinion that someone else should be forced to provide you with a service you want. certainly a lot easier than being responsible for providing said service.

Pirate away, then

I guess that might have mattered 70 years ago when anyone outside of Europe gave a shit about Europe.

Oh and what works better, pray tell?

It doesn't count if it's beautiful in your mind, because that doesn't fit the definition of "work"

Quickly, everyone, to your computer chair to whine ineffectually on the Internet. Someone is trying to stop me from having all the entertainment I want! It's my right!

Next on the geek holiday list, international day against showering.

I need free entertainment. It is immoral to profit from this need.

You are of course aware that sitcoms are not limited to network television, many people find various examples quite enjoyable, and your taste, which I'm sure in your own head seems totally logical and objectively correct, doesn't mean shit to any of the rest of us at all, right?

You lost me at the opinion that there has been nothing good on tv for a decade.

You really lost me at the "clever" renaming of DRM.

Then you made me laugh when the whole thing turned into a misdirected rant about why piracy is okay.

Did you actually have a point to this, or where you just using your undeserved soapbox to rabble-rouse a little bit?

Well shitty programmers need jobs as well. They get jobs in the places like you describe.

Are those the jobs you seem to keep getting? Guess what that says about your skills.

It's certainly true that there are a lot of you who believe that you have the right skills. I'll grant you that one. And it also seems to have a 1-to-1 correlation with people who believe they deserve some sort of high-paying tech job because they believe they have skills.

Too for you bad reality doesn't run on belief, huh?

Thanks for living up to the stereotype, Slashdotters!

It's heartwarming to see all of these posts from people who need the government to protect. Go fear! Go helplessness! Go America!

I have an even cheaper solution! Don't rely on mommy gov't to make all of your decisions for you.

I'm aware that's not an acceptable answer here. You people love being told how to live.