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<blockquote data-quote="EricNoah" data-source="post: 109644" data-attributes="member: 4">There's no doubt in my mind that the producers of media will end up having to change their model of production and distribution given the realities of file &quot;sharing&quot; programs in the electronic age.&nbsp; What I haven't seen yet is a good defense of the person who provides the source of the download in the first place.&nbsp; Say all you want about &quot;trying stuff out before you buy it&quot; -- it's the person who provided the copy that has me more worried.&nbsp; Correct me if I am wrong, but when you install a program like Morpheus don't you select a folder from which to &quot;share&quot;?&nbsp; And don't you deliberately have to put stuff in that folder in order to &quot;share&quot; it?&nbsp; If you're the one providing the copy, you have no idea if the people taking copies are intending just to &quot;preview&quot; or intending to keep and further distribute.&nbsp; Kind of baffles me why a person would think they were authorized to do that.Ultimately this thread makes me just a little bit sad.&nbsp; It bothers me to think that if I were to get into d20 publishing, some of you would choose to steal it rather than buy it.&nbsp; I just can't see any justification in stealing luxury items like gaming material, especially when produced by relatively small companies (many of which are struggling as it is).&nbsp; It's not like these companies are denying you food and medicine.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EricNoah, post: 109644, member: 4"] There's no doubt in my mind that the producers of media will end up having to change their model of production and distribution given the realities of file "sharing" programs in the electronic age. What I haven't seen yet is a good defense of the person who provides the source of the download in the first place. Say all you want about "trying stuff out before you buy it" -- it's the person who provided the copy that has me more worried. Correct me if I am wrong, but when you install a program like Morpheus don't you select a folder from which to "share"? And don't you deliberately have to put stuff in that folder in order to "share" it? If you're the one providing the copy, you have no idea if the people taking copies are intending just to "preview" or intending to keep and further distribute. Kind of baffles me why a person would think they were authorized to do that. Ultimately this thread makes me just a little bit sad. It bothers me to think that if I were to get into d20 publishing, some of you would choose to steal it rather than buy it. I just can't see any justification in stealing luxury items like gaming material, especially when produced by relatively small companies (many of which are struggling as it is). It's not like these companies are denying you food and medicine. [/QUOTE]

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