nah. copyright isn't there for the artists anymore (if it ever was), it is for the publishers.
It is just that I don't like gov't imposing their limits on my freedom of movement and action.
I got my own, more moral than any politicians', moral system thank you.
I hate the crud I am required to suffer through at the start of DVDs I buy legally! I really do, and I don't want crud on our internet. Freedom! I don't want chinese internet, haven't got the fonts installed.
I don't have much money, but I pay the people who are good to me and give me access to their stuff for free and only ask for what I think it is worth, such as Toady1, the people behind Spybot and Hitmanpro and so on.
That is unless they demand I do so by creditcard or international cheque.
Even though I download some stuff occasionally, I buy official stuff more often.
Usually I am disappointed by new publications though, so if artists are getting less money, it probably is because more crap is produced nowadays, more good stuff too, but there is just so much of it, it is hard to see the diamonds in the sewer. As for software: I buy a good game. But I can understand why many don't, if the stupid box is empty of content besides the software which is an unpatched, badly regionalised version which can only be installed X times or requires you to crawl through several miasmas to register.
Heh. used to be registration was only for waranty. On those silly cards. I remember not sending most of them.
ack! enough ranting.
Stuff that is beyond quality is what I pay for!
Have you anti-piracy guys donated yet?