(May 2, 2012 at 9:58 pm)Vaeolet Lilly Blossom Wrote: I'm more in favor of changing how everything works, but I'll not let my anarcho-syndicalism get in the way here.
Many things are available for free online (or for cheaper, pirates gotta make money too)... this is called piracy. Most people would rather pay the artist for their work than visit some third party site and get it for free (along with whatever viruses that brings). Example: I could have just read the free version of what I linked in my last post, it was even on a first party source, but I bought the book anyway.
I am in favor of changing how things work. The current system stinks. There needs to be something though. The reason most people don't pirate under the current system is because it is illegal, and when things are illegal a lot of bad things come with that (like viruses)
While some people might support the artist, I believe that if piracy were illegal, it would kill artists, authors, creators, etc. Especially with digital materials. Why would you pay 10s or hundreds of dollars for software when you can go to a reputable free software distributor and get it completely legally?
It does seem to create monopolies with physical inventions. It seems to have a negative impact with digital materials however.
