So...if I build something, I either give it away or charge for it. If I work for somone, I volunteer or have somone pay me for my work. If I create a piece of music, I either post it for all to enjoy or charge. Why...because it takes my time and energy, my sweat and blood. My time is taken away from playing with my children, loving my wife, hanging out with friends and given to making something with my creativity, my hands, my intelligence for the benefit of another. Because something is in a digital format, the world does not have the right to distribute it freely. Common resources should have equal access (water, food, etc), products (programs, etc)should not, unless the developer decides. I work for my family, to put food in my 4 and 1 years olds mouth and soon my newborn. If you steal what I make, you steal the food from their mouths.I would have no problem suing you or having you put in prison. And, true, I have not ever download music, video, ruby scripts, burn a cd etc. It's unfortunate that so many in this world think that they have 'rights' to whatever they want. If you want it, become intelligent, create it yourself.
-funny how this thread changed topics-