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Originally Posted by chemgear
it or are too damn cheap, doesn't give you the right to steal it. Having had the opportunity to meet many movie, music, book, and videogame creators - I'd be damn ashamed of myself and couldn't look them in the eye if I had stole their hard work.
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Movies still get the majority of their revenue from theaters. I personally still see movies that I would pay money to see in theaters. There is no way I'd pay 7 or 8 bucks to watch a movie that I didn't want to see in theaters. The movies most casual people pirate, are movies they normally wouldn't pay anything to see anyways. (There are the hardcores that pirate everything. I've never met anyone like that though so hard to comment).
Music was due for a market correction and the artists have adapted just fine. They make their money from shows. Lots and lots of it. Pirating single songs is actually suprisingly difficult these days. I don't even do it anymore.
Video Games and Software - Nothing to say here besides yeah it's theft, I haven't downloaded anything like this before so I don't really know if it's easy. I'm assuming it is? One thing to add, if you're not selling enough copies but your product is routinely pirated, maybe you've overestimated how much people are willing to pay?