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Message: <blockquote data-quote="noretoc" data-source="post: 110547" data-attributes="member: 1276">Here is my take on the whole thing.  I agree with robaustin and the others who say the same thing he did.  First, I have never DL a rpg book that I did not pay for.  Second I have a ton of MP3s.  Most of them are from cd I would never buy, because I only like one song.  (not a justification, just thought I would say that)Third, I just got a copy of a PDF from a friend. There are several pdf books we want.   I will buy some, he will buy the others, we share.Now, I know that is not honest.  I do wish I could support the authors more, but in reality I can't afford to buy every book I want.  Most I just do without.  (I am a big fan of Wheel of Time, but I did not get the sourcebook or the ravenloft one,because it was too expensive)  For some of the PDF, I would not buy them all.  If I didn't get the copy from a friend, would I have bought it.  No.  That still dosen't make it right.  There are people who make thier living off of this stuff.  Everytime you DL a book, or anything like that illegally you are hurting them.  It does not mater what you think of the company.  It dosent mater if you brother-in-law second cousin's roomate is going to give you a copy in two days, but you want it a day early.  It is wrong.You are taking money from people who deserve it.  That is the bottom line.  End of story.  If somone was taking money from you, that you deserved, it would be a different story.  While I feel bad, I use a very crappy justification.  The fact that if I did not get the mp3 or the pdf, I was not going to buy it anyway, make me feel a little like no one is losing out.  But even then, I can see now that it is wrong.  I wish I could give all these artists, and writers thier due, but obviously I can't  I wish I could afford to buy every pdf and book I like, but I can't.Now, for those of you coming up with all kinds of reasons why you do it, grow up.  That is like you sitting in a room, with your friend, you are the only two there, and you let out some gas.  Then you look at him and say "wasn't me"Come on.  You  are kidding yourself and fooling no-one.  If you don't believe that. then you have a whole set of problems you should deal with.  I would like to apologize to any writer out there that loses money on a product because of crap like this.  Does that mean I am going to stop DL music or sharing the PDF my my pal.  No, but I will promise that the money I CAN afford to spend, will go to those that deserve it.  Just my honest blurb.</blockquote>

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