thedamned opened this issue on Aug 11, 2002 ยท 12 posts
droyd posted Sun, 11 August 2002 at 11:25 PM
Ted, Listen to your mind/heart. I was just at a Convention this weekend and I ran into a lot of cg/3d users and I can't begin to tell you how many of them have pirated software and just don't care, and worse yet don't have a problem with it. Every excuse in the book is used for the rationalization of using something they didn't pay for. The fact that you are asking the question about what you should do shows that you at least care enuf to ask. Absolutely, do the moral thing. After you varify ( if you haven't already and it sounds like you have) the extra stuff you have and if indeed it is stolen(and that's the word for it if it is)throw the disc away. The people who do the work to make these items available need everyone to "just say no" to warez of any kind and for all of us to do the right thing when we are presented with these dilemas. You earn something when you work for it and buy it, yes it's old fashioned but it's the right thing to do and it's great that you are wrestling with this and you just didn't go ahead and keep your mouth shut and let this unexpected bonus sway you into thinking it's ok to rip off someone elses hard work " oh,this one time who's going to know". Thanks for "posing" the question, I'm proud of you for having the guts to ask and ignoring that little devil on your left shoulder. Putting the soapbox away now...