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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
Mmm... because society takes advantage of rights-holders, to the point of removing any incentive to create for society, without some protections....
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Actually, rights-holders enjoy historically high profits, primarily because of the same advances in distribution technology they like to blame for facilitating "piracy."
As far as "some protections" go, in a world of balancing interests, "some protections" does not usually include government agents snooping into every transaction conducted by every citizen.
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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
... Clearly the "market" is stealing simply because they know they can get away with it, and only supporting laws that will continue to let them do so....
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Hm, the Harry Potter books are the most downloaded fiction titles on "darknet," yet J.K. Rowling has managed to become the first billionaire writer in history.
Which brings me back to the point I made earlier, that if a product is sufficiently desirable and priced right, the majority of
interested potential purchasers will buy it.