Re: Why I pirate

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pjp wrote:
Of course I feel a little guilty and feel it's not right but it's far more a
wrong that companies can sell products that DO NOT work yet consumer has no
recourse. That said, I do not feel like a thief about it as from my point of
view I'm only protecting myself from the uses and abuses of unbridled
capitalism at it's most obscene.

Yep, I'll agree with that to a degree. You do have recourse if you chose to fight them in small claims court. If you can prove their software is broken you would win every time. I know in the UK they have much better consumer protection than US so I expect there you could return broken software if you exercised your consumer rights. I have bought many games I would liked to have returned because they were shit but can't because of the store policy. I'm too lazy to fight them in court over a $40.00 game too. We need better consumer protections that is for sure.
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