There are a lot of open license script around and very good indeed. Furthermore it has lots of add on created by others since most of them is free to use. I love all these free scripts and all is professional.
You can always find what you want and no point to use pirated script.
I never have, I see no use in it, risk getting sued or arrested to have what looks - or is - cool? No thanks! I'll stick with phpBB3, it's the best anyway.
Webmaster Yoda: You must confront the cPanel. Then, and only then, a webmaster will you be.
I used to. But I was fairly inexperienced and got emailed by the author asking for it to be removed. I did so and soon after that created my own script and surprisingly I had an increase of around 10 more viewers per week!
The people who do should actually get into trouble as you feel much better if its your own.