Yeah, it all comes down to personal ethics. If you're fine stealing/pirating whatever, then that's what you'll do. At the time it was important to me that I did things legitimately. If you just want shit and don't care, there's no argument anyone can make that will make any difference. All I'd want is that you're as…
Hasn't the official policy on Polycount always kind of been "don't ask, don't tell?" I'd rather not see these types of discussions on here. All it does is help ease the conscience of people who are pirating because they can tell themselves "everyone else does it" while irritating people who actually paid for the software…
Got my first copies of max and photoshop from an ftp site that I got from a 0-day text list from an irc warez channel. That was probably 10-11 years ago. I'm curious about "pirated, then got a legal copy from a studio i was working on". There are a lot of hits on that option, so are studios buying you guys home copies of…
Well I use pirated copies of photoshop and max and honestly I don't think adobe/autodesk gives a shit. They target corporate licenses, not personal licenses. That's the reason their software is so easy to crack. It's good business for them if people like us download illegal copies, learn the software and when we get hired…
interesting read http://www.devlounge.net/articles/piracy-adobe’s-best-friend same applies to Office from microsoft,- without the horde of people that wanted the software they used at their office also at home Office wouldn't have the marketshare it has today. The very same reason is why it's gone backwards for Office the…
Well if I go all the way back to my school days until now I'd have to say I've done all of those. Once I began freelancing it was quite a challenge to stay 100% legit. I just bought Modo so hopefully I can stay away from giving any more of my $ to Autodesk for a while. Luckily I got a copy of Photoshop CS2 and Maya from a…
If stealing a car leads me to a well paying job driving the car legally purchased by my new employer...FUCK YEAH I WILL STEAL IT! That said, I have mixed feeling about piracy. I DO NOT download games. I don't think there is any reason to. Yes games are expensive when they're released...and many gamers are like kids in a…
I don't think it can be dealt with. At all. Any amount of laws won't help. It's already illegal, people don't care. If people really want to do something, they will do it. Hell, people walk around murdering each other even if they know they'll get thrown in jail for life for it. So far the only plausible way of dealing…