KorpDeath is right there isn't an excuse for pirated software.... but I blame the software companies themselves.... j/k.... but when you think about it they wouldn't have pirated software if they went open source, or even just freeware. Anyways...... pirated software is everywhere.... It's no different than MP3s.... It's stolen intellectual property. Hell I know a cop whom I used to do computer work for, he had MP3s and pirated software. Everyone does it..... and I think that the actions of the masses make it acceptable, it's not something any one of us can look down on. Everyone member of AO has pirated software or MP3s on their computer. My HS when we needed software we had to get it ourselves. Many times I had faculty members come up and say hey I need this software for my class, can you find it for me, or I only have the demo can you find me a crack. We all get mad when RIAA and the MPAA crank down on people for MP3s, but then people turn around at get mad at people for having pirated software...wake up people. it's the same difference. I think they should go in and check the personal computers of the whistleblowers.. I bet their home computers are full of illegal things (Movies, MP3s and software).