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Originally Posted by Kenneth_irl
To be completely honset I think piracy can be a heathy thing. It gives the consumer more control over what he/she really wants to spend their hard earned money on. This encourages companies to actually make quality products.
If people can afford and really like the product in mind, I've got no doubt they'll actually want to buy the product and support the company/band/person, etc.
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So with this argument, I can walk into my local home improvement store and take a couple of power tools so I can better decide which I'd like to buy at some nebulous point in the future. If I don't like DeWalt's power drill, I'll just hoard it in my garage to encourage them to make a better drill. If I like the Makita drill, then I'll want to go back and buy it.
Right?
Sheesh... Products are products, whether in digital or physical formats. Just because it's easier to find and take digital products with virtually no worries that a loss-control person will see you and call the police
still doesn't justify acquiring pirated media.