Originally Posted by kane

On Reddit there is a big thread about piracy. The person that started the thread explains how piracy has changed their life for the better. Of course many people jumped in to defend piracy and back him up.

There were two excuses that blew my mind. One guy (actually there were several people who all felt the same way) said that he had downloaded some very expensive software and learned how to use it. Because of this he was able to get a decent paying job. Once he had experience he got a better job and that job sent him to school to learn a different software. So now when he is done with this schooling society will have a worker what has knowledge and experience so piracy actually helped better society so the public in general, he claims, has benefited from piracy in his case. Apparently the fact that he has personally greatly benefited from piracy, yet the company that he pirated the software from has gained nothing doesn't matter.

The best excuse though is that the entertainment industry is just like the illegal drug industry. They put out a product that is so addicting and they release trailers and samples of the product that are so enticing that people actually feel pressure to see/own this stuff so they will fit in with their friends so people are left with no choice but to pirate because there is no way to resist it.

I always get a good laugh from people's justifications of piracy, but those two take the cake.