Tresy Kilbourne wrote:
>
> You, coaster brake, wrote:
>
> >i don't think it worked in your favor.  unless somehow you got a better
> >version of the software by buying.  why give your money, which you work
> >for, to a corporation, when you already have the software?  seems pretty
> >dumb.
> Reason #1: it's ethical. (Why should a corporation give you a paycheck
> when they already have your labor?)

because if they don't give you a paycheck, you'll either stop giving
them your labor or you'll fuck their shit up.  either of which they look
unfavorably upon.

> Reason #2: there are perks that
> registered owners get that software pirates don't.
>
> I thought this was a list dedicated to the ideas of Noam Chomsky. Has it
> devolved into a discussion of the ideas of Abbie Hoffman in "Steal This
> Book"?

you're a snob and an asshole.