I agree, child **** is taking it too far.
Too many do gooders that wont let anything slip, by the same logic if you find money then you must hand it in to the police. If it isnt claimed in 3 months then the money is yours, if you just pick up 50 cents off the road and put it in your pocket thats as bad as what you are talking about? (I even hate to type it)
If I need to fix my car and dont know how and cant afford $300 to take it to Holden or a mechanic to fix it but some information on the internet or a CD someone else may have that will help and make me able to fix it easily and for free I would do it.
Un-roadworthy car that could kill someone if something went wrong vs fixing it yourself from "information readily available"
I don't download movies or songs or programs but I know everyone does, as for keeping it low.. this thread kind of blew that but I even then I doubt cops are going to bust down your door and lock you away. They could walk in 99% of houses and find a copied music or videos.
If I was to say "HEY EVERYONE I HAVE THE NEW SPICE GIRLS CD, PM ME AND ILL SEND THE MP3'S" it wouldn't cause this reaction.
Very few people pay for what you can get for free, yes you probably shouldn't have it, wouldn't even try to sell it, but... I have seen from other forums the information from CD's like this and it is very helpful. Some dude just asked a question about problems with his car and another guy pasted about 10 lines from it saying different things to check and his problem was sorted.
Even if people don't take screen shots or copy direct lines this information can answer 99% of the problems everyone fills these forums with, now someone using that information to help people out is good. Too many tools sayings stuff like "bang it with a stick" or "dont fix it, just get a V8" are useless sources of information.
Norti I don't believe if you lost your job and your car died and you cant afford to repair, none of your friends know and you post on these forums the symptoms and someone just copied a page from the SIP with 3-4 things to check and maybe replace a $5 part that you wouldn't follow what it says or start bagging them and telling them how illegal it is.
I'm not saying its right, I know copies of stuff is wrong but really when it comes down to it I don't see any harm. Maybe Holden doesn't get $30+ for 20 cent CD, does anyone really give a crap?
Chill out a bit, its not murder.