Yes, but he is arguing for it in an economic sense, not a moral one. I can see what you are mechagozilla are talking about: it's downright stealing, and that is bad. Sadly capitalism and morality don't blend together well, as you can see by what various companies have done in the past.
Alright, I get the privacy thing. And while you are blowing my excuses out of proportion, what you say is basically true.
But consider this: I steal a CD from a store: the owner finds out and ensures that I am punished and taught that what I did was wrong. Now a musician finds out I stole a CD...
I used commensal in the sense of one benefiting from another not being effected. and the whole point about the T-shirt thing is that they may end up getting some benefit.
And frankly I get the impression from your post that you are pretty pissed off at me for conveying my opinion. There's no...
For me, stealing music is a commensal relationship. I wouldn't purchase any of the music I download (I have no money) but piracy allows me to still enjoy it. Hell, I'm thinking about buying some T-shirts of some bands I particularly like. :)
Possibly Lemonhead when I first got Tribes 2, but there may be some other name I've just forgotten.
Switched over to Thadius_Dean sometime when I was playing Animal Crossing for the GCN. I named one of my neighbors Thadius Adams Dean or they named me that or something. Anyway, I liked the name...