The Spore Kerfufle will certainly open up this thread once more to debate.... The thing that I never really see discussed in all this talk about piracy is that media piracy, bootlegging, smuggling, etc. etc. are all basic responses to economic factors. Raise the price of something beyond it's market value and people find ways to acquire that product cheaper. Also remember that in economic terms "Cost" does not always mean "Money": "Time is money" as they say, and if I need to acquire
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