Ex Nihilo
Puritan Board Senior
It certainly doesn't seem that bad--it's not like it's going to hurt anyone if I copy of a couple of CDs... and it's not like I could afford to buy Photoshop myself, anyway... so it's not really stealing, right? And what would I do without it?
What lame excuses.
I was immensely enjoying my pirated copy of Photoshop last night and felt the prickings of guilt. I knew I wasn't going to be able to slip that by as a "minor sin" ("hey, it's software piracy, not adultery!") anymore. It was much easier to delete it than I thought it would be. Amazing, since I have a [i:de0c175cf2]long[/i:de0c175cf2] history of copying software, not just for myself, but even burning copies of pirated CDs for my friends. That's over now, thanks be to God.
Next step: Throwing away the CDs. No turning back.
Has anyone else struggled with software piracy? It's a rather easy sin to fall into, especially since it's quite private; no one at your church is likely to know if you have $2000 worth of stolen software on your computer. And when you're a poor college student, it's very easy to justify it, too. I'm convinced now that it isn't okay under any circumstances (which should have been quite obvious eight years ago when I began my career as a pirate). Oddly enough, I have been convinced of this for a while and have even spoken strongly against it, but I never actually bothered to delete the stuff off my computer ("It's not like it's p0rnography!")
I'm glad that's over.
--Evie, trading in her nifty eye patch for a clean conscience
What lame excuses.
I was immensely enjoying my pirated copy of Photoshop last night and felt the prickings of guilt. I knew I wasn't going to be able to slip that by as a "minor sin" ("hey, it's software piracy, not adultery!") anymore. It was much easier to delete it than I thought it would be. Amazing, since I have a [i:de0c175cf2]long[/i:de0c175cf2] history of copying software, not just for myself, but even burning copies of pirated CDs for my friends. That's over now, thanks be to God.
Next step: Throwing away the CDs. No turning back.
Has anyone else struggled with software piracy? It's a rather easy sin to fall into, especially since it's quite private; no one at your church is likely to know if you have $2000 worth of stolen software on your computer. And when you're a poor college student, it's very easy to justify it, too. I'm convinced now that it isn't okay under any circumstances (which should have been quite obvious eight years ago when I began my career as a pirate). Oddly enough, I have been convinced of this for a while and have even spoken strongly against it, but I never actually bothered to delete the stuff off my computer ("It's not like it's p0rnography!")
I'm glad that's over.
--Evie, trading in her nifty eye patch for a clean conscience