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Originally Posted by Good Old Neon
I posted an actual writer’s response to file-sharing – the person who, at the end of the day, takes the largest hit when the results of their labor become freely and illegally available on the web five minutes after publication.
Again, I could find and post just as many counter articles contradicting the ones you’ve posted. Everyone has their agendas and biases – including those who support file sharing.
My guess, if your livelihood depended on the fruits of your labor, you might be a little more sympathetic to the plight of people who have chosen to make a career out creating art. They do not have a right to, nor are they entitled to success, but they do deserve a fair and honest playing field – one that does not include selfish narcissists who feel they are entitled to obtain what they want, when they want it, at no cost.
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Please do post these reports, and I'll find a hundred more non-industry reports that show file sharing has a negligible, if not a positive effect on the income of creators. Opinion is fine, gut reaction also cannot be discounted, but the article you pointed toward has zero facts in it, just another 'the sky is falling' reaction when the sky is still there. There's no evidence, no metric to measure these 'phantom' losses, only a feeling. I have provided links to well-received articles that discount almost all of your assumptions about motivation, effect and consequences of file-sharing. I have also detailed my own experiences within the file sharing world, going so far as to explain its structure and some of the habits contained within so as to show you the greater structure at play here.
If you willingly discount what's happening without trying to understand, then that is your want, but don't expect anybody to take your opinions as anything more than reactionary and ignorant.