Growing up I developed along with the along with the internet. As I grew so did the possibilities it presented to me. I could watch TV shows on it , play games, or download anything I wanted. At first the pirate program of choice was Kazaa. I started out downloading video games then tv shows, and before I had even realized I was a full-fledged criminal. To be honest I’ve always known what I was doing was against the law, but I did not really care. There were no negative repercussions for what I or anyone I knew was doing. It would remain that way until Bit Torrent came around. All of a sudden the major industries seemed to take knowledge of their products that were being tossed around the web for free. The first time I heard of a person getting in trouble for their piracy was when I was in the eighth grade. This fourteen year old girl was charged with downloading music and was fined ten thousand dollars; at the time I though the punishment was ridiculous and completely unnecessary. Now I can understand the Company’s intention. It’s their product that is being ripped off. It’s their money to lose, and yes people can argue that these major companies are excruciatingly rich so it does not matter if they download a little. However in the end of the day if I had a product that people were stealing I would want compensation for my business, and though we live in a free culture nothing in reality is free. To sleep at night we pay for our home, to prevent starvation we buy our food, to get an education we pay for college. Everything has a price and though that may sound depressing just remember that all those people that make money off of your needs are in the same situation as you.