Re:The motivation of a software pirate (Score 1)

Very true, the background behind the article though is from a long set of arguments on iDevGames' (and pretty much every other Mac games site) forums and chatrooms about software theft in the light of Halo's eventual release on the Mac. Several (usually younger) posters claimed they were on the moral high ground when downloading Halo, because it was owned by Microsoft, so it's ok to steal it. Its relevance is more towards apps than games, although not totally. Its aim was to try and provoke discussion, which seems to have worked. You could probably write a very large book on all the possible motivations, moral arguments etc. behind software theft. If you let everyone download pirate copies of it, you could probably make a fortune on the lecture circuit as your book would become the standard overnight.