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Originally Posted by Todd Young
I just don't get why people upload the files in the first place. If it's a file sharing site, what is the incentive to upload something that you know is copyright. What do you get out of it?
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i think people look at it like it not really being any different than burning a cd for a friend. you know theres copyright involved but nobody sweats it. the satisfaction of helping someone out is its own reward.
i'm not an uploader but if someone was desperate to read a book that wasnt available in their country and i was able to help them out, i'm sure that would be a good feeling.
the older i get the more, i don't know, "liberal" i've become when it comes to stuff like copyright. its just information. its just words and ideas and i don't think one should be kept from information by arbitrary lines on a globe.
yes people deserve to be paid for their work. but i would hope most authors get into it for the love of the craft with financial rewards for their hobby being secondary.