Thread: Do you pirate books and why?
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Old 02-03-2012, 10:51 AM   #199
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Originally Posted by Joykins View Post
If the system *changed* so there was an overhead fee (and some tracking system) so you could *legally* download with no direct charges for your downloads, why would honest people directly pay for media? All the Internet users would pay in, and rights holders would be reimbursed in proportion to their downloads. It wouldn't be a matter of honest subsidizing dishonest, it would be a direct acknowledgment that information is a public good and that producers deserve to be paid.

...and I see that I'm talking about something quite different than xg4tx was talking about, so I think on his/her idea, I'm solidly with "why should I pay to recoup losses that other people created?"
Oh, sorry, I completely misunderstood your post
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