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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
Putting content into digital form does not reduce the costs to zero; ergo it makes sense that people who choose to be compensated have the ability to request that payment. And the ease with which digital content can be transmitted does not excuse taking content at will -- any more than the ease of shoplifting would validate the act.
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It does not reduce the cost to zero, but it reduces the perception of cost to zero. And when culture is reduced to zero monetary cost, it then must achieve another, less tangible worth (such as in piracy where ratios and first-to-release becomes the object).