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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
yep. i think one of the biggest problems with illegal filesharing is that customers are shown that they are considered indiscriminately as thieves and criminals by the very industries their purchases support, and they feel so disgusted by this treatment and the hoops they have to jump through to use the media they have legitimately purchased, that ultimately i suspect many of them turn to illegal downloads at least partly out of disillusionment and revolt.
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Exactly, and not only that, the convenience. When a pirated version is much easier to obtain, use and enjoy than an official version, who wins out in the end? You can't stop filesharing, that horse has left the stable by now, but you could actually lure customers back by equalling the pirates at their own game and not treating paying customers as pre-emptive thieves.