Re: Spore is "Most Pirated Game of 2008," proving worthlessness of DRM.

I won't make any excuses for the things I pirate. But I will say this. The software I have pirated I never would have bought in the first place. Nor have I yet to pirate any software and in turn liked it so much I went out and bought it. The fact is the stuff I've pirated in the past has either been software that was so ridiculously expensive I'd have no way to acquire it legally, especially to just play with. Games, well they are games I didn't care enough to buy in the first place so I got them played them for a bit and like I expected grew tired of them.

On the music and movie front, totally different. My music and movie purchases haven't really changed at all, I still only have so much money. But I've made better purchases then I would have before. About the only tangible effect piracy has had on my spending habits is in reducing what I've spent on movie rentals.