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Originally Posted by K-Thom
Nope. Forget it. Naive concept. Silly notion. If they can get in on torrent eventually why pay for it at all?
Leechers don't pay. They suck.
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I don't think you could be any more wrong if you tried.
Study upon study upon study has proved that file sharers buy more media on average than those who don't.
Why pay? Well, why not pay? If I read Steve's work for free and enjoy that work and he offers it DRM free at a reasonable price, then why wouldn't I pay? Why wouldn't I want to support an independent creator? I know I and many of my file sharing friends gladly give money to indie creators even if we can get hold of their products for free.
Compensation doesn't suddenly dissapear because a creative work is available freely. Even if Steve gave all his works away without asking for money, there'd still be people wiling to pay through a donation or some other way.
All torrent users are leechers at some point, and they then become seeders (if they have any netiquette at all).
You, sir, have a very negative view of the file sharing community. One that Beigecorp* would love you to spread.
*Beigecorp is registered, shackled, imprisoned and protected twenty-four hours a day so that we can enforce all our rights and take away your rights while doing so.