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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bardsandsages" data-source="post: 2720762" data-attributes="member: 28771">It does my heart good to hear so many people condemning piracy  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Going back to the Metallica thing.  A lot of people seem to have the idea that it is OK to steal from the successful groups "because they don't miss it."  But piracy doesn't hurt Metallica.  It hurts the people who work at the assembly plant putting the CDs together.  It hurts the hundreds of people involved in the design and production of the CD.  Metallica will make their money on sponsorships and tours.  But the people who find themselves without a job because there is no demand for legitimate CDs will be affected.This is an example of the wishy-washy ethics that allows piracy to continue.  On a sheer practical level, the buddy who illegally downloaded it will just send said illegal download to his friends.  I don't see them going out and buying it.As a creative person, you have a right to control how your creation is presented and a right to make a profit off of your work.  Piracy spits in the face of creative people who expend a great deal of their time making products.  Imagine if you worked 40 hours a week at your job, but at the end of the week only got paid for 37 hrs, because someone messed with the time sheets and stole some of your hours.   Is this OK?  Even if you eventually get paid for those missing hours, is it acceptable that someone else profited off of your work?  Is it acceptable that you had to go through the hassle for fighting to get what is yours?</blockquote>

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