Buying vs Downloading for free, what's your stance? Options

[queen]

are you the type who downloads all your stuff or do you actually go buy and support the industries?

i'm annoyed with people telling me i'm stupid for actually buying my softwares, movies, games, and CDs. i'm sorry that i like having legit collections and the feeling of accomplishment when i buy something i've worked hard to save money for.

edit: if it's your thing to download, it's not my problem; i just really dislike it when people get on my case for not wanting to.

[Just_Dream]

Well, I will BUY things if I deem it worthy to pay for, that I know I'll like. I mean, I even bought Pokemon Pearl for the Nintendo DS, when I could've easily downloaded it.

As for programs - well, I don't really want to pay $100-$200 for Microsoft Office for my Mac, so sorry, couldn't help myself there. I also barely use it anyways since I only use to it write up essays (I only write 2-3 essays per major class each quarter anyways)But I DID IN FACT pay for Mac OS X Leopard (Albiet it only cost me $70), which I bought from my school.

As for music, well that's something I am not willing to fly over to Japan or Korea to get. It's hard enough trying to find older albums of artists or bands that have disbanded, but I really like the songs. I can't really get everything off of iTunes, and I would much rather buy a legit CD -- as long as it's the album I want, which is old though -- rather than support iTunes. I mean, you can only have something like up to 7 computers or iPods with the song or something, I forgot. D:

As for anime and korean dramas, well there's youtube, crunchy roll, etc. that let's you stream it. And for manga, I'm not going to fly to Japan just to buy it and fly back. But maybe I'll pick up some and learn to translate it later.