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Originally Posted by Moejoe
Why pay? Well, why not pay?
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Indeed, why not?
(1) Let us suppose I am a blatant consumer. Then, it is in my best interests as a consumer to pay.
Now, the only impediment to the author of the work I purchase receiving the money I want to give is the distribution system. If I torrent some work and if there is some means to compensate the author of said work, then I will do so.
Yay.
(2) On the other hand, if you are not a consumer of this work, then it doesn't matter... either you won't purchase it at all or will obtain it in a manner that denies the author of this work compensation. In either case, the author will make no money off of you.
(3) - Someone wants to pay, but can't afford to.
(4) - Someone consumes the work, but decides it's not worth the money.
Leaving aside the morality of (3) and (4), in practice the author will never ever make any real money from these people, DRM or otherwise. The best case is of course that eventually the people in (3) will get rich enough to pay.