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The problem in my country is that prices of legal sotware are ridiculously high in comparison with the pirated one, if you could buy a program for lets say 5 dollars or less, would you still buy the original software that costs 250?

and the option of downloading it practically makes it for free

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Yes, a while back, various pc manufacturers were talking about implimenting something called TCPA or trusted computing. Basically, you put small hardware modules inside every part of the PC that will shut down any application that is not coded correctly thus indicating that it was pirated. Only problem is that small software companies would go down the tubes because the makers of TCPA would be stupid not to charge hefty lisencing fees to allow software firms to code their apps to work with the hardware modules. Who knows, maybe such a setup may be the way of the future. I for one am solidly against it, but I would think that 80% or so of the public wouldn't give a rip one way or another. I'd say that the worsed thing that could happen from this is that the world would end up being split in two. The US and it's allies firmly advocating non piracy and everyone for the most part using windows with TCPA enabled boxes, and the rest of the world manufacturing their own parts and pirating as they choose. But then, we in the rest of the world would lose out on quality OSes like solaris who are primarily US or EU based.

TCPA is a ridicolous thing.The trouble these days is that big companies would even take away our freedom just to make more and more money wich is causing corruption in the PC world.

What right does the BSA or any other similar organisation have to see whats on my PC?
PC stands for personal computer ,that means that what`s on it is my private property.The are crying about people illagaly using theyre software ,but then why do they make so much patents and proprietory technology?
The big companies like Microsoft are always trying to be monopolitic ,and the USA let`s them to be like that ,because the goverment the FBI and who knows who else profits from that ,EU is about freedom and competition ,the leaders of the EU understand the economic law of free competition and development.If you don`t get it I`ll illustrate it with an example :
let`s pretend that nullsoft(the creator of winamp) invented mp3 ,and they give a pantent and say ,no other program is allowed to use the mp3 codec unless they give them money for it ,this would force the puplic to buy winamp no mather how expensive would it be ,and software developers would not be allowed to produce software that can play mp3 unless they`d give milions for nullsoft .I hope you get what I mean ,btw this is just a fictive example ,nullsoft is a realy nice company and winamp is a realy nice mp3 player.

So in my opinion ,these wise guys don`t have the right to see what`s on my PC ,because I bought it and it and every thing that is on it is my property and they don`t have the right to check the content of my harddrive without my permissions.And the USA is more about money making nowadays than freedom while the EU strikes back at the monoplys and monopoly wannabies.

btw ,I`m using linux and free software ,but I`m irrateted by these experiments of these money makers to force us into using they`re software.

About the A/V media:
In countrys like mine the prices of 'legak' dvd`s are extreemly big and many can`t afford it ,and there are many dvd`s that you just can`t even find so this is where 'pirating' comes in ,with other media the situation is the same.