You don't know how it hurts people?!? Well then I'll explain to you!

Adobe Realeases a new PhotoShop, you download it, as you say. Well, that's just one less person who has the product without paying! If everyone had this ability(to download stuff off the net free) companies would lose millions of dollars.
Once you download something, people can basically download it from you(if your using BitT, I believe). So it's just a giant circle of loss.

You gain something, but in your case, photoshop is over 100 bucks, so each time someone dl's it instead of buying it, the company loses about 100 bucks. Understand now?

I'm from Hong Kong. And i find people who download stuff via BT in the following interesting ways:

1.download radio programs! At least i can't find radio torrent files in usa and european torrent sites, but it's what people do in Hong Kong.

2.Hong Kong students who study abroad keep downloading local(hK)-produced TV programs, so they have discussion topic with friends in HK(via phone, web-cam, whatever)

3.Kidults put classic animes, which TV boardcasting company don't replay anymore, on torrent sites.

4.A huge demand on Japanese porn movies.

5.watch "first-hand"Desperate Housewives (and other series) while it will be on Hong Kong TV about half a year later.

I use BitLord as my client.

A great website to find the perfect torrent website is here.



LOL - I like the comment on Desperate Housewives, but very true, it's the same in the UK.