Personally I don't pirate games or music because thanks to Steam, Amazon, iTunes and the like I can get my hands on them immediate for a price. Now with software, books and movies/series things get more complicated.

Software is simple for me, I own two Windows and two Linux machines. My Windows copies are legal and so are the games running on them. All the other software I use is open source. It's not like I wouldn't pay lots of money to get the Photoshop or Illustrator (even though I think they are way overpriced) but I have 4 machines and two of them are NOT supported by Adobe at all. For me open source is the better choice since I like to use the same software on all of my machines. As long as there isn't a Service like Steam for software like Photoshop that takes small businesses, home users, cross platform requirements and bulk licensing into account, software piracy will stay a big issue.

Movies and series will also continue being pirated until until there is a better way for us to get at the content. If I like to watch some series as soon as it's out I am almost forced to pirate it. There are websites for a lot of shows but you can only watch them IF you are in the US. This sucks for me since I am American but live in Germany. If I want to watch anything in English when it's still new I am screed. I thought about buying the seasons of my favorite series ahead of time on iTunes so I get to watch them once they come out BUT I can't because I can't buy them ahead of time in Germany IF they are listed at all and I can't just switch to the American market and buy them there. I haven't found a good solution to my problem yet but at least South Park serves me well with THE BEST SOLUTION of all content providers I have seen so far.

Books are another issue (that most people totally forget by the way). If I want my own shiny edition of Compilers: Principles, Techniques, & Tools I have the problem that it is out of print (again, well at least in I can't buy it anymore in Germany) and I can only get used copies if at all. After all I would like to get an English version and I am currently not living in an English speaking country. But hey, I have a Kindle, maybe I can get it for that? Hell no, I CAN'T get a digital version either. So I am screwed again.

The thing is I have money, and I would LIKE to spend it. I sure as hell am not working to sit on my money till I die and I DON'T WANT PIRATE ANYTHING. It's a fucking hassle trying to find something online to watch. I don't like file sharing and I flat out refuse to use it. I am to old for that crap, you just waste to much time finding what you want, if you find it at all, get a crappy version and if you are lucky it comes with a virus or a root kit. And all that because I have to wait half a year or longer to get my fingers on the damn DVD. I am inpatient, I want stuff now. I have no problems paying 5 bucks more for DVD if I get a download version immediately (hear that amazon?). I would love to be able to watch a movie online for 10 bucks after it stopped playing in the theater BUT before it's out on DVD or Blu-ray.

As far as I am concerned piracy would go down a hell of a lot if the RIAA and MPAA would spend the money they are spending lobbying on new distribution channels to get their content to me faster, regardless where I am and what language I want.

Sorry for ranting, but I and my family spend a lot of money on movies, books, games and music but I still get labeled as criminal or pirate if I just want to watch an episode of The Big Bang Theory in English.

When it comes to UFOs, I don't hold much of them or people that believe in them. I lived in the aria of EAFB in CA and there where some rumors of the military having one there and if you drove up towards Las Vegas you could see sings for ALIAN FREE JERCKY. I'm not quite sure what that was supposed to be. As to "something happening" I can only say that nothing happened where I lived, there was nothing and is nothing But there is of course on reason some people see UFO. BEER The reason for my typos, bad grammar and even posting to a topic this bad, isn't beer the greatest?