On Sat, 11 Nov 2006 13:04:03 +0000, Leythos wrote:

In article ,
says...
You think they are both stealing and this is where we disagree. I
compared breaking the EULA to breaking laws like prohibition, slavery,
marijuana, etc. and you had no comment. If everyone lock steps to
Microsoft's rules not only will they not change, Microsoft will believe
everyone agrees with them.

Most people that are ethical know that they can protest and argue without
breaking the rules/laws - there is nothing to stop you from protesting
without breaking the rules/laws.

That's not always the case, but it is here. The way to protest ripoff
policies and oppressive software licenses is to actively support open
source software. That both provides an alternative now, and encourages
the software industry to change its greedy ways as it loses market
share to OSS. Pirating commercial software only provides an excuse for
ever more draconian laws and technologies.

The same is true in music. There are many great indie groups out there who
charge good prices and don't DRM their music AND let you preview the
entire album for free. A good site for those who haven't tried the
Indie groups yet is http://www.magnatunes.com, where you can try,
download, and are even encouraged to help distribute, 128-bps MP3's of
complete albums. If you like the music, the cost of a CD-quality bitrate
is whatever you feel it's worth, down to a minimum of $5 per album.