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Originally Posted by HarryT
Please don't put words into my mouth. I do not want to see draconian laws; I want to see just laws, and justice includes punishing those who take the income away from ordinary people like me who try to make a living from writing software, books, or whatever. Piracy is not just something which affects large companies; it also impacts the normal person, too, and as things stand at the moment there is no justice for the little guy like me, while the slime who pirate content are getting away with it with impunity.
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It sounds like you are much more interested in thinking nasty thoughts about those you believe have wronged you than you are in actually monetizing your work. People who acquire your work through backchannels have not taken income away from you because you
never had the money. What they have done is expressed satisfaction with your work and dissatisfaction with your distribution system. You may feel righteous telling them "My way or the highway!" but technology will not let you make good on that threat. In the meantime you are alienating all those "slime" who may be simultaneously part of your paying audience (obtaining something from pirates does not mean you obtain everything from pirates) and/or may become paying customers if either their circumstances or your distribution methods change.