if it's given for free then it's free to those who pick up the coin from the floor
If it's a violation of the copyright there are consequences. What happened to Napster? What happened to those folks who got sued big money for P2P activity? They were doing it freely, too. Nonetheless it is against the law unless the EULA (end user license agreement) says differently.
Even if you pay Microsoft for the Windows, it is not yours. You have paid to use it on one machine within the agreement you gave your approval to when you opened the wrapper. That doesn't mean you can give away their property to however many people would download it on the Internet. Don't believe me? "Software piracy is the illegal reproduction and distribution of software applications, whether for business or personal use." You can read ALL of the details here:
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/how.mspx I may not agree with all of this, but the law is the law. If I stole your car and gave it to someone, is it OK because they got it for free?
Think this through. Please try to realize that whatever you may
happen to believe does not overrule the law in any country.
Do you work for free? Do you think programmers should do so? Or the companies that hire them and pay their salaries? If you P2P a program do you send them some cash for their work as you are using it as well as the original purchaser? Of course not.
As for your assumption that we do what you do so we are not entitled to an opinion of integrity - Who made that up? Some people are morally and ethically driven, believe it or not, and do the right thing, not the easy one.
I stand with my earlier statement. And we know where you stand.