Piracy. Many people have problems with piracy, some of them are the singers themselves and they claim that if you listen to their songs for free, then you should be providing some service for them too

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Piracy

Piracy has grown largely in the past decade and since I had my first computer, I’ve seen myself a significant increase in both – the piracy and the concerns about, unfortunately, the second is growing way faster…

Many people have problems with piracy, some of them are the singers themselves and they claim that if you listen to their songs for free, then you should be providing some service for them too:  ‘If you have the right to download my music for free, then if you’re, say, a plumber, then I have the right to call you up and demand that you fix my plumbing for free’ –  a “clever” comment by Metallica’s singer. All of them have their own opinions, but the more annoying ones try to take action against piracy.

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First time I came to England in 2005 and before that, I didn’t even know that licensed software is so expensive, I had very sincere opinion of my own that all those people who buy licensed software are just so stupid that it’s unbelievable… it’s just like throwing money out of the window and look at how wind carries them away.

Until the age of 14, I haven’t bought a DVD or CD game or film for more expensive than 5$, average price of my films and games was around 3$, I knew 100s of places where to buy these ...

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