$999 for Photoshop CS5?

No worries... I saw your quote.. I don't believe you, straight up.


I own my software and my music and damn straight, I have tested, listened and tried TONS of stuff online, before I buy it - almost 100% of the time. It would be impossible for me to know how much money this has saved me.... allowing me to invest my money back into my Company and not someone else's trash.

while piracy hurts in porn it also helps in small amount. If everyone stole photoshop adobe would be SOL, same with porn. But with a limited spread, it spreads the brand out... everytime someone sees idk bangbros on a tube site and likes it, it just keeps them with that brand... etc... too much piracy is bad for any company, or product but a certain amount can be just marketing and brand awareness....

unfortunatly porn is getting past the tipping scale

So because YOU are a thief, that means everybody else in the world must be one too?

By your logic I should run down to Best Buy and steal a bunch of their home theater stuff so I can make sure I like how it sounds in my own home and it works for me.

Also by your logic it's OK for surfers to steal content. I mean why would they buy a membership if they haven't tested, watched, and tried TONS of stuff online?

"That case of beer looks good but I can't see paying for if since I haven't tried it. Guess I will just steal a case of it then buy more in the future if it agrees with me."

Until today I had a decent amount of respect for you...Not that you care or it really matters one little bit....However you calling me a thief and a liar doesn't sit too well with me.

nobody talked about "tubes" here...

quite a difference with complete site rips in HD, don't you think so?

No offense, but you calling him a thief is just as out of line as him calling you a thief and liar.

well, i've yet to see any official adobe statement as such. and based on who their target market is and the quality of the product, the success of the product is based on the quality, not the fact that script kiddies can crack it and have that on their box to show off their hacking skillz eh.

Either you're a thief like me or a liar not like me, I'm not calling you both.

You can often try theater stuff from Best Buy for a bit and return it if you don't like it. Just like with most software you can try it free, with limits - however Best Buy doesn't give me limits other than time.

It is okay for Surfers to steal (ie duplicate) your content - you allow them to download it don't you? Did they sign an agreement with you? Did they take the Org copy from you?

Bars often let you try a Drink first before you buy it... I have many friends let me try what they have before I buy it.


If you don't like thief's, then why do you hang around who you do? Don't you sip drinks with the same people I do?

Right...Because the word "Piracy" originated from people copying things from one ship to the other.

I didn't catch the official statement either.... then again they have probably made about a million and it's not like any of us read them all. However, as stated it was in a Seminar that they said it.

When Photoshop first came out, it wasn't really better than Paint Shop Pro - actually it wasn't a "web graphics creator", it was a Photo editor and sold as one.

Photoshop was later pirated... mostly by Graphic Designers, Design Companies and Web Developers - which turned around and purchased it, after it was made better.

Anyone else, didn't care to learn how to use it, so they weren't a factor either way.

Fuck All This Bullshit! Do It Or Don't And Don't Throw Stones. You want a URL? Cause I ain't giving it to anyone who was calling people thieves! I just don't want to force anyone into hypocrisy!

LOL, i before e except what..? LOL

The word piracy is new (1990's) it means to Copy Digital Goods.. You can't pirate a dishwashers.

You are so full of shit it's beyond stupidly funny.

No, I do not allow surfers to download my content. I'm sure they find ways to do so but do I allow them to? Absolutely not.

"Bars often let you try a Drink first before you buy it... I have many friends let me try what they have before I buy it."

Are we talking about your friends or the bar? I have NEVER had a bar tell me I could try the drink first unless they were doing a promotion of some sort.

It seems to me that you find any and every way you can to manipulate any and all systems you can. That says a lot about your character.

My issue is not as much with you being a thief as it is with you calling me one.

And yes, you have indirectly called me BOTH a thief and a liar.

I sip drinks with all sorts of people. That doesn't make them my friends and also doesn't mean I know all their dirty little secrets. I limit my everyday activities to a very select group of people for exactly this reason.

Since you like to generalize about people though....Some of the people that you and I "sip drinks with" also snort cocaine. By your miserably flawed logic that means you and I do as well...Which, you most likely do however I never have. Never felt the need to steal any so I could try it either.

I suppose one can't steal gold from a ship either because that would be piracy and not stealing. You're a fucking idiot.

Piracy is stealing. PERIOD.

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/201...-piracy-video/

You have made a conscience decision to be a thief and proudly promote that fact. Congrats to you and yours.

I'm out.