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<blockquote data-quote="Zaruthustran" data-source="post: 4744064" data-attributes="member: 1457"><p>Wrong. Simply incorrect, on technical legal as well as moral grounds. It's simple: if you've taken something of value without paying for it, you've stolen it. That's what stealing <em>means</em>.</p><p></p><p>That said, your long rationalization for theft does have some merit to the discussion. Some percentage of pirates likely would buy if the price was right. iTunes is an excellent example. $1 songs are demonstrably at the convergence of price, convenience, and guilt aversion. Most people are willing to pay a buck for a song that's easy to browse and buy. And most people think a dollar is not too high a price to pay in exchange for not feeling like a scumbag pirate/thief.</p><p></p><p>Wizards clearly needs to adjust to the realities of the digital generation and I think the new direction of DDI is a big step in the right direction. If they make more money by selling quality services, they can afford to price their digital (and print?) offerings lower... hopefully, low enough that convenience and the joy of guilt-free living tips the balance from piracy.</p><p></p><p>In my opinion, the community can help the situation by applying social pressure against pirates. Shun these cowards. There's one in every group; the loser who proudly pulls out stapled prints of new books. Refuse to game with them, and hit 'em with the "what, you can't afford twenty lousy bucks for a book?" shame. It should work on anyone worth knowing. Certainly anyone who considers themselves an adult.</p><p></p><p>-z, who grudgingly accepts that there'll always be penniless teens who resort to shoplifting/piracy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zaruthustran, post: 4744064, member: 1457"] Wrong. Simply incorrect, on technical legal as well as moral grounds. It's simple: if you've taken something of value without paying for it, you've stolen it. That's what stealing [i]means[/i]. That said, your long rationalization for theft does have some merit to the discussion. Some percentage of pirates likely would buy if the price was right. iTunes is an excellent example. $1 songs are demonstrably at the convergence of price, convenience, and guilt aversion. Most people are willing to pay a buck for a song that's easy to browse and buy. And most people think a dollar is not too high a price to pay in exchange for not feeling like a scumbag pirate/thief. Wizards clearly needs to adjust to the realities of the digital generation and I think the new direction of DDI is a big step in the right direction. If they make more money by selling quality services, they can afford to price their digital (and print?) offerings lower... hopefully, low enough that convenience and the joy of guilt-free living tips the balance from piracy. In my opinion, the community can help the situation by applying social pressure against pirates. Shun these cowards. There's one in every group; the loser who proudly pulls out stapled prints of new books. Refuse to game with them, and hit 'em with the "what, you can't afford twenty lousy bucks for a book?" shame. It should work on anyone worth knowing. Certainly anyone who considers themselves an adult. -z, who grudgingly accepts that there'll always be penniless teens who resort to shoplifting/piracy. [/QUOTE]
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