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So... they were wrong all the other times, but this time they're right?
Phew... I was worried they were going to be wrong again!
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More seriously, Bill, while you make good points, I cannot see piracy as hurting the literary world or the music world or the art world, et cetera, given how art and literature thrived (and probably yielded greater quality, if vastly lesser quantity) prior to the base commercialization of both.
The companies raking in all the money therefrom are hurting, sure, but I see no chance of the people outputting creative works disappearing off the face of the earth as long as there are people, no matter how unprofitable it may become. And, unlike some, I am not convinced those people automatically deserve freedom from (sometimes) mind-numbing daily toil (i.e.: a day job) that too much of the rest of humanity has to contend with.
- Ahi
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