Astropin, your logic follows the idea that everyone should behave in a moral way - which, in reality, is often a case of "you help me and I'll help you", rarely a case of unquestionable love (like the one parents give you while asking for nothing in return) and extremely rarely a case of "love you enemies".
Thus;
Just because you can not afford it is absolutely no reason to steal it. It's called "going without".....at least until you can afford it.
Money, like so many other things, is relative. If I had billions to throw around, I wouldn't bother with something like pirated material. It's the fact that the greedy publishers and distributors want so much money and inflate the prices that I (and undoubtedly many youth like myself) turn to less than legal alternatives.
Many have argued about this point but IMHO this is acceptable ONLY if you have already PURCHASED the paper version. Otherwise it's "go without".
Actually, I fail to see how you're harming somebody's sales if the item in question is impossible to obtain otherwise - maybe the publisher profits on your misery?
Then it's "go without".....see how easy that is .
Why don't others as well "go without" then? Why not lower the price so that we may all suffer and all enjoy in a similar manner?
This is wrong. The fact that your player does not work is no excuse to steal movies. Buy a new DVD player (or DVD drive) or "go without".
I think this is a bigger case of asinine attempt of publishers covering their backs by ripping off customers with regional DVDs than people robbing publishers of their shares.
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Because the publisher is making money off of a stable of artists... if you don't but author X's work, he doesn't get that 92%, but he still gets the 92% from authors A, B, C, D, E, F, G... So, ultimately, you've hardly nicked him.
When you don't buy author X's work, author X gets not one penny (beyond whatever advance the pub gave them, if any), and they don't have multiple clients and millions to fall back on. You've slammed him.
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Should authors be relegated to charity and donations then? Or perhaps people should just buy books for no other purpose than to support the poor author?