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>OK, so corps can be victims. What does this prove? Just because they're understandably 
>pissed about piracy cutting into their profits, does that make it automatically wrong? 
>Suppose I cut into their profits by competing with them, would that also be unethical?

People say this who don't have thier own businesses or products that
they are trying to sell.  Write your own software product and then see
if you encourage piracy.

   To be in competition with them would mean you would have to come up
with your own products.      


> They're just making "replicas" of 
>something they bought and rightfully own, and are using it for personal use(Giving it 
>to friends and such). If this is stealing, then so is drawing a picture of Snoopy and 
>hanging it on your bedroom door.



Sure, like I said, write your own game thats is worthy of being
compared to or rated better than quake.  And you can be happy that
everyone shares it with thier friends, and those friends will take
pleasure in sharing it with thier friends and so forth. 

>Very true. There ARE other, legetimate ways to protest. HOWEVER, is it entirely our 
>responsibility to resolve this conflict? I mean, maybe if the corps actually sat down 
>and said, "This isn't working, we need to discourage piracy somehow," instead of 
>running off crying to their lawyers and politicians, we'd have more simpathy for them.

What would you suggest they do?