You know, I used to be a big proponent of torrenting, but now that I'm not 12 and have a job and can buy my video games (and hats) and pay for Pandora One, I just can't say it's that big a deal.
Obviously, the loose wording that allows people to be arrested for singing covers of songs to become felons is ridiculous, and despite being a liberal communist national socialist scumbag I do support weaker (not smaller, just less invasive in terms of personal space) government.
The bill should be trashed, as should any bills like it that give big businesses power to destroy random little people because they want to set an example, but I don't think I can honestly say I support pirating anymore. Having a game on Steam is 100% more satisfying, just because no matter where you go or what you do you still own that game. It's up there in the clouds. You can redownload it at any time without going through a crack process, there's support and discussion forums in the steam community, and knowing that you actually paid money for something you enjoyed (or not, but I don't buy games on a whim anyways) is largely fulfilling.
I like to support developers, and when they do something stupid (Origin, $80/$70 price tag), I let them know they can go forget themselves by not buying their game. My opinion actually matters when I have money.
.. what was this topic about? Oh, right. forget da poleec.
