A bridge over a beautiful waterfall

A bridge over a beautiful waterfall
Nature brings magic

Thursday, April 28, 2011

X is for X Marks the Spot!!!


Look!  A treasure map!  X marks the spot!  (And if we were pirates this would make more sense.)

Of course, one of our favorite pirates deserves his own pirate flag.  It's Captain Jack Sparrow's pirate flag.

Data piracy, on the other hand, is wrong.  Downloading music, books, movies, etc. illegally from websites that provide them with no recompense for the creators of the work steals from those artists/writers/etc.  You're not stealing from some big, nameless company.  You're stealing from those people whose work you admire and like.

Think before you download.  Did you purchase the item?  Go for it.  Are you stealing from someone?  You should be ashamed of yourself.

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