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Originally Posted by jamesconrad
Maybe we should have a torrent section just like we have a boobies section? or am i too new to know that we already have a torrent section?
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How about no.
Torrents are illegal, and disemanating information about them is refered to as "aiding and abetting" in a court of law. Every couple of months a user here asks why we don't discuss such things like you suggest. And every couple months we have to explain this.
If you wish to aquire a peice of software, purchase it and pay the programers who worked hard to create it.
Kazzaa, BitTirrent, etc are not acceptable substitues, they are illegal and regardless of your opinion on the state of software costs, they are cheating and breaking the law.
A word of warning, if you have youe own business and are caught with illegal software, it is common for law enforcement to revoke your business licsence. If your job requires a proffesional licsence like being a doctor, lawer, architect, accountant, stock trader, etc, you will loose your licsence for life. Often, courts find that a user who stole software should have to pay the equivilent of the purchase price for every year they used the illegal copy, as well as fines.
If you are an indivigual who used these programs at home, the fines can come out above $25,000 for illegal use of a copyrighted work. Most repair shops, including big box retailers like best buy and compusa, fry's, etc will quitely report you without your knowledge if they find it while repairing your computer without having to tell you they did. You will simply receive a letter to your home from law enforcment and the software company. You get reported not becuase they don't like you, but becuase you broke the law. Your opinion about the law is not relavent to this.
If you can't stomach purchasing Photoshop, go download the Gimp.