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Personally I pirates things in three distinctive groups:
The first is music, mainly because a lot of the artists I listen to are obscure or foreign. I really don't mind paying for music, I’ve spent money on much more frivolous things, but I like the convenience of sitting at home and grabbing music. I also resent paying $45 for an import CD. If there was a group that had a wide selection of actual mp3 files for download at a reasonable per-song price, I would be all for it.
Second are programs that are way, way beyond my price range. These are programs like 3DS max, Maya, ms c++, etc.... I am not going to make any money off of these programs, if I ever can or do I would go out and purchase the products. I think most of these company's money comes from big corporate customers anyway.
Finally I get games that you can't buy anymore. Anyone here played Z? It's a damn good game, but if you don't have it, there's no chance that your gonna be able to get it legally. I don't usually download new games, though on occasion I’ve gotten semi-new releases, I don't have any at the moment.
To be honest I would really like to see the who kazaa thing turn into something much better. Because studio quality recording equipment is getting cheaper all the time artists will soon be able to cheaply record their own songs and then it would be great to have a service that would let them self-publish. I don't think that just because a company has a lot of money means that it is ok to steal from them. However, Microsoft is a monopoly that intentionally tries to drive their competitors outa business. So I think stealing from them is just peachy.
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