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<blockquote data-quote="Bodhiwolff" data-source="post: 4749462" data-attributes="member: 71196"><p>I love the people who somehow try to justify their piracy by claiming that everything works out in the big picture. If I pirate and don't spend 15 dollars on a game book, I can spend 15 dollars on a shrimp dinner, thereby supporting the companies I like.</p><p> </p><p>What this fails to take into consideration is that the individual doing this gets BOTH the game book and the shrimp dinner, without the economy as a whole being compensated for both products. The individual gets to have their cake and eat it too, while at least one of those products is devalued, and somebody, somewhere, loses out. Companies start to lose revenue. Which hurts me, in the long run.</p><p> </p><p>You can't get Two-for-One and not have somebody, somewhere, lose out. (Let alone the fact that the individual doesn't *deserve* both products for one price.) </p><p> </p><p>If I pirate books, or music, or movies, I make it that much more difficult for the books and music that I like to get made. I make it difficult for those things that I like and appreciate to get through the amazingly difficult process of going from concept to completion, because the companies that fund these projects don't have as much money to throw at projects.</p><p> </p><p>Ultimately, if I pirate these sorts of products, I'm adding to the problem in the system, and I'm hurting the industries that provide these products. It isn't enough that I, personally, pay for the products I like and only pirate the "so-so" products (so-so in my opinion, mind you!). Because if everybody does that, then only the absolutely-freaking-fantastic products from the general public's tastes make enough money to keep going. Only the blockbusters for the general public survive (and even those have diminished revenue).</p><p> </p><p>And my tastes don't run to the median.</p><p> </p><p>If I pirate, I add to the problem which is starving out my favourite artists, movie-makers, and writers. I add to the problems in their industries which are forcing companies to green-light fewer and fewer projects.</p><p> </p><p>So piracy kills *my* chances of cool new products. I'm selfish. I want cool new products.</p><p> </p><p>It is in my own best interest not to pirate. It is in my own best interest to convince friends not to pirate.</p><p> </p><p>Stopping .pdf publication, because .pdfs are being pirated like crazy, is a minor inconvenience to me. But it is a major chance at diminishing the frequency of piracy, which is a major boon to my hobby, and therefore is a major boon to me.</p><p> </p><p>In other words, stopping .pdf publication is good for me, even if I am minorly inconvenienced.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bodhiwolff, post: 4749462, member: 71196"] I love the people who somehow try to justify their piracy by claiming that everything works out in the big picture. If I pirate and don't spend 15 dollars on a game book, I can spend 15 dollars on a shrimp dinner, thereby supporting the companies I like. What this fails to take into consideration is that the individual doing this gets BOTH the game book and the shrimp dinner, without the economy as a whole being compensated for both products. The individual gets to have their cake and eat it too, while at least one of those products is devalued, and somebody, somewhere, loses out. Companies start to lose revenue. Which hurts me, in the long run. You can't get Two-for-One and not have somebody, somewhere, lose out. (Let alone the fact that the individual doesn't *deserve* both products for one price.) If I pirate books, or music, or movies, I make it that much more difficult for the books and music that I like to get made. I make it difficult for those things that I like and appreciate to get through the amazingly difficult process of going from concept to completion, because the companies that fund these projects don't have as much money to throw at projects. Ultimately, if I pirate these sorts of products, I'm adding to the problem in the system, and I'm hurting the industries that provide these products. It isn't enough that I, personally, pay for the products I like and only pirate the "so-so" products (so-so in my opinion, mind you!). Because if everybody does that, then only the absolutely-freaking-fantastic products from the general public's tastes make enough money to keep going. Only the blockbusters for the general public survive (and even those have diminished revenue). And my tastes don't run to the median. If I pirate, I add to the problem which is starving out my favourite artists, movie-makers, and writers. I add to the problems in their industries which are forcing companies to green-light fewer and fewer projects. So piracy kills *my* chances of cool new products. I'm selfish. I want cool new products. It is in my own best interest not to pirate. It is in my own best interest to convince friends not to pirate. Stopping .pdf publication, because .pdfs are being pirated like crazy, is a minor inconvenience to me. But it is a major chance at diminishing the frequency of piracy, which is a major boon to my hobby, and therefore is a major boon to me. In other words, stopping .pdf publication is good for me, even if I am minorly inconvenienced. [/QUOTE]
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