Here is a message i hope can be viewed by anyone who is intending to pirate this game:
I do not work for Bethesda, and all opinions expressed are of my own.

Are there any advantages of buying Original Copy vs Pirating it? None.

HOWEVER, look into your conscience. This game is a culmination of alot of talented people hard work.
They pour their blood, sweat and tears into this project and it is a labour of love. What you will buy is RPG redefined for the next generation.

A game like this can only truly be treasured if you spend real money on it. Simply torrenting it off the internet while convenient and certainly easy
on the wallet, CHEAPENS your whole experience to it. It makes the game cheap, it makes you cheap, it insults the developer, it makes GOD cry.

Bethesda DESERVES your support. The measly amount you spend in return for a whole entire COUNTRY worth of content, quests, music etc contained in 1 DVD disc is super dirt-cheap.
If you torrent it, when you play the game and you do not feel guilty then you probably don't have a soul. Simple as that.

If you have been pirating games and are honestly trying to quit, this is the best game and the best reason for you to go legit.

This may sound corny, but it bears repeating:
Do the right thing. Buy original version of this game.

My brother pirated it a week early to play it sooner, and bought it on Friday out of respect for Bethesda.

Good man.

Well, I of course agree with the OP, but we really need to close this for it's potential to get people in serious trouble. Discussion of piracy in any terms is just walking too fine of a line - and considering admitting, encouraging, or otherwise promoting piracy on a game developer's own website is one of the very few things for which we will instantly ban members; it's just better to stay away from the subject entirely.