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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
These are all maybes, conceivables, possibles... but not facts. So it's no good using them to justify piracy.
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The logical fallacies are stacking up like crazy here...I do know for a fact that some people who pirate do it as a way of finding things to buy be because I've heard several of them say so. They could all be lying, but that requires about the same size of logical leap as to assume that anybody who has pirated will also never buy any legitimate media ever again, which seems to be closer to what you imagine actually takes place.
You say that everything I've brought up has already been said many times, but the message I'm trying to send you clearly isn't getting through. I've said over and over again that I'm not trying to justify piracy, but that's clearly what you're reading since it's the attitude you're arguing against. You don't need to convince me that stealing something without paying for it is wrong, but it's clear that I still need to convince you that that's not the point. I am trying to do you a favor by offering a more realistic perspective of how piracy and pirates work, which is that a lot of them regularly spend their money in traditional ways. Here's the big point that you need to take away from this, one more time: you might not like piracy or pirates, but as long as something you're selling is going to be pirated anyway, you'd be wise to try and turn as many of those illegal downloads as possible into future sales. On the other hand, you could just keep on believing that since there are no "facts" that pirates are willing to spend their money on legitimate purchases (I'd bet that there are, if you actually wanted to hear that) then you will be ignoring a large potential audience, and one that has already shown a direct interest in the product you're selling by seeking it out and acquiring it.