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Originally Posted by Speakeasy
This is another thing I've thought about. If someone wasn't going to buy a CD in the first place, but then download it for shits and giggles, is anyone really losing a sale?
If someone can't afford a $900 program and is unable to buy it, so they pirate it, is anyone losing a sale?
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This was totally the excuse I used for my days as a "data pirate".
For example, Seinfeld: it's a funny show, but not
nearly funny enough to shell out $50 per season (at least not for me). If left to choose between not having Seinfeld on DVD or paying for it, I'd choose not to have it.
BUT...
If I can the get Seinfeld for
free, then doing so increases my happiness but in no way decreases the producers funds (or even potential funds since I wasn't going to buy it anyway). So the net result of my piracy is just increased happiness with no loss to anyone, right?
Tragically, my wife doesn't see it this way and my days of piracy of over.