miss_pacman's "Pirating on the Internet 100" for beginners

Hi everyone. Being a novice user of the internet I was quite intirigued and curious about piracy after having learned in class and tutorials that it's such a significant culture and increasingly a very serious issue. I was scared at first but got enough courage to do my own research on it. Initially I took off from the links provided by fellow friends on the blog who generously shared what they know. My first impression was wow is it that easy? My big break came when I took the cautious liberty of chatting to an unknown individual through yahoo messenger who decided to be my guide into this very dangerous world. That was three weeks ago. I have learned so much and now I'm willing to share what I've found out from miss_pacman with all of you. So here is "Pirating on The Internet 100" for beginners such as myself. (I know many of you are already experts so do correct me if I'm mistaken/misguided here)

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Part#1: The basics according to miss_pacman

One should not be pirating anyways in the first place. It's illegal in virtually the entire planet with dire consequences (heavy fines/imprisonment). By pirating you are supporting organized crimelords, the mafia, the chinese triad, the yakuza, even terrorists!! You are costing billions of dollars in profit for the software/movie/music industry. Just look at how ruined and devastated metallica was because of it. If you still insist though be warned that by pirating stuff from the internet you are endangering the life of your computer and precious data. Pirated games, software, movies, music come from hackers who may have tampered with it i.e they put in viruses, trojans, spyware that in rare cases could literally blow up your computer! If you copy music/movies/software yourself it's still bad. Research has shown that copies other than the original have 97.2138% times less lifespan no matter what media you use. This is simply because with the original copies, special media exclusively made for the industry is being used instead. If all this info doesn't deter your desire to pirate then as a first step secure your computer with a combination of firewall, antivirus, antispyware/anti-trojan programs. If you're a total noob and don't know what they are then pls get yourself informed as it's just too crucial to ignore. Also crucial is to be well informed on how to set them up properly. miss_pacman's personal recommendations: Bonealarm Pro + NOD99 + Rootbeer Spy Sweeper (Windows PC). Miss_pacman strictly stressed that Until your security is settled then don't even bother to move on to the next phase. Apparently there's a good site perfect for noobs that can help with obtaining the security programs apart from their main websites. According to miss_pacman it's fairly safe long as what you're downloading doesn't already contain hidden viruses/spyware/etc. Just search for adrhipdersa on google. Stay tuned for Part#2.