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It is not piracy, it is sharing. We were learning from childhood that sharing is a good thing.

I'd never refuse to anyone asking to share a copy of some mp3/dvd/software or any other type of copyable thing, even if I paid for it.



So then would you be happy working X number of hours of your 40 hour work week for 'anyone' without pay?

You are after all 'sharing' your skills with someone else.


There are three kinds of people:

1. Those who pay for copyable things

2. Those who don't

3. Those who pay if they can't find shared one.

The percentage of 3rd is rather misere.

One example: In my country, Windows is std de facto OS, because no one pays for it. If it weren't available, no one would use it. i.e. it is not a loss for MS. It is actually advantage, because MS can enforce govermental or commercial structures to pay for it.


You forgot 4. Those who want to pay, but will pirate if there's no option to pay.


Yeah, this sharing is called open source. This site and tens of millions of other sites wouldn't exist without it.


Only "open source" != not getting paid.

Now, to rephrase the question, if you worked for a year on something with the expectation to sell it, would you be happy to see it "shared" freely by others?

Also, we were told that sharing our stuff is a good thing -- not that sharing other's people stuff aainst their will is a good thing.


> We were learning from childhood that sharing is a good thing.

I don't know about your upbringing, but I have not learned that it is good to force others to share if they do not want to.


Where did you see "force" or "others"?

I share what I own.

I own what I have.




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