From spore to piracy?
Nice. The pirates in spore are annoying. But I hear there's a mod that fixes it, maybe there's a mod that will fix irl. Oh well, no such thing.
But, I think that problem is, at least in my case, the term 'intellectual property'. I don't believe there's such thing as intellectual property and choose not to abide to it. There are other laws I do not abide to in my country as well. Fundamentally speaking, I'm free to choose and if the other people one day persecute me based on their laws, I will fight but I'm well aware shit can happen.
In my case, I ask myself, "If this wasn't available through galleons with black flags, would I actually go out there and buy it?" If the answer is no, then no. If the answer is yes, then I buy it, to my regret (read Spore) or not. If the shareware days were back, I wouldn't have need for piracy. Like the first Doom. Back in the day, I was really temped to mail them the money, but that wouldn't work out well, different country and all, later I was actually able to buy it through a magazine and I'm very proud of the stack of game boxes I have here.
I even buy games through digital mediums when I think they are worth it. I live through what I believe in, even if the majority doesn't and like I said, if they nag me I will fight, but I'm aware I will probably loose against a major entity like a government.
*shrugs* My 2 cents.