Comment Re:How serious was your crime? (Score 0) 1404
Great comments and questions. I have no question for Mr. Tresco, but I would like to thank him, and all the other pirates willing to take it in the ass for us!!!
Warez is not WRONG. There are many laws that exist for very wrong reasons. Is what Tresco did wrong? I honestly don't know, but what I do know is that I have a great deal of appreciation for warez and for what he did and others are doing; sharing.
I am a graphic artist, I create designs for flyers, interactive cds, web sites, video, and basically... anything. Before that, I was a struggling teen dropout in a broken home making pizzas for a living.
So what happened? Well, when I was young and still beginning to use computers, one of my friends shared with me (as sharing IS a common human trait), a pirated version of photoshop. It must have been an early version. To me then, it was just a more advanced Kidpix or Paintbrush. I basically used it for making logos for handles and such, but I soon developed a serious niche for art & design. Finally I had something to fall back on, an actual skill to better myself in this world.
I think about what I would be doing if I had never used that program, and it bothers me. Of course, a 13 year old isn't going to go out and buy a piece of software that is $2,000 and completely alien. To make a long post shorter, one can see how pirating is completely ethical from my perspective.
Did I really hurt anybody? Did I really do physical, mental, or economical harm to anyone? Do I owe adobe my entire life savings of very little? No. No. No. No. No.
Now Doom, that's a different story!
peace.
Warez is not WRONG. There are many laws that exist for very wrong reasons. Is what Tresco did wrong? I honestly don't know, but what I do know is that I have a great deal of appreciation for warez and for what he did and others are doing; sharing.
I am a graphic artist, I create designs for flyers, interactive cds, web sites, video, and basically... anything. Before that, I was a struggling teen dropout in a broken home making pizzas for a living.
So what happened? Well, when I was young and still beginning to use computers, one of my friends shared with me (as sharing IS a common human trait), a pirated version of photoshop. It must have been an early version. To me then, it was just a more advanced Kidpix or Paintbrush. I basically used it for making logos for handles and such, but I soon developed a serious niche for art & design. Finally I had something to fall back on, an actual skill to better myself in this world.
I think about what I would be doing if I had never used that program, and it bothers me. Of course, a 13 year old isn't going to go out and buy a piece of software that is $2,000 and completely alien. To make a long post shorter, one can see how pirating is completely ethical from my perspective.
Did I really hurt anybody? Did I really do physical, mental, or economical harm to anyone? Do I owe adobe my entire life savings of very little? No. No. No. No. No.
Now Doom, that's a different story!
peace.
