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Originally Posted by tompe
I do not believe at all that this is the reason.
Reasons I have heard from people is giving back (other made somethin available and I give back by making something else available) or that they think that it is better for thing to be available easily. In some parts of the sub culture it is also a "competition". You get higher status the more you make available. The competition people seems to hang out on closed hubs or other non-public places.
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There is no single reason. There are nearly as many reasons out there as there are participants. Some folks are honest about their reasons. Others bury them under shifting layers of rationalization. It's not, by any means, a monolithic culture. That's why there is no way to "solve" piracy. No solution will ever satisfy every variation on the theme. Even freely-available material ends up on the darknet so that folks can get it without "supporting the evil corporations" that are showing ads on the legitimate site.