Out of all of the things we all bootleg, what is somethings we shouldn't pirate?

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This thread is why we shouldn't pirate EZ Flash 3in1s.

 

The Monkey Island games. Pirate those and I hope your PC blows up.

 

Wow, that's like everything we pirate XD

 

You shouldn't pirate anything.

 

And yet several people choose to

 

You shouldn't pirate love

 

I don't pirate music much, and if I do, i'll buy the album soon after (assuming it's any good ofcourse, if not i'll just delete it).

 

I won't pirate indie games, or any game I can easily buy for a reasonable price. Seriously, if Steam somehow managed to offer a working PC port of every game ever made, no matter how obscure, I'd probably never pirate again. Old and/or hard-to-find games are fair game IMO, and I consider it my moral obligation to pirate massively overpriced software, Adobe and Autodesk products in particular.

 

The question is; would you pay £600 for audio editing software if your only going to use it as a hobby?

OT: You shouldn't pirate pirate hats and parrots, because that would make them angry!

 

try to download some hardware

 

Wut?

I pirate love, problem?

Same but make that the ps3 platform and have them cheap

 

That's what I was thinking, too. There are at least a few things we should pirate. Like things we'll try out in case we don't liek.

 

yeah but not all people are the same...pirating can become a dangerous drug XD

 

Books? I prefer a real book to reading a book on my computer.

 

I pirate books when i'm in college.

 

You shouldn't pirate yo mama!

 

Yeah. It spreads like cancer.

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