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Originally Posted by deviant
And indeed, when faced with the fact that the money I payed for something doesn't help the artist but in fact the greedy publisher - is it any surprise I turn to pirated material?...
So in retrospect, I can say that those $4 don't just give me a product I am interested, they also give me the emotional satisfaction that somewhere, a greedy CEO won't be buying a new Ferrari with my money. And that's something that goes way away beyond the $4 I payed for it.
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I know it's easy to say that, but in reality, even publishers serve a purpose. For instance, spending the money on promotion so that you will know about the artists out there to be bought from. Without a publisher, an artist is like... ME, trying to promote myself with my own meager funds, being known by less than a few hundred people, and having a product income that barely covers expenses, much less pays the rent.
If you don't want to support a publisher, buy directly from the artist. But think about all the artists you don't even know about, the ones waiting tables or tilling fields today, because a publisher never promoted them. Sure, maybe he could be driving a Rabbit as easily as a Ferrari... let him worry about how he wastes his money.
And as it is, your stealing is hurting the author
a lot more than the publisher.