> I have ALSO pirated everything I ever bought until very recently. Pirating helps to sell their products, think of it as free advertisement, this is the thing

> I have ALSO pirated everything I ever bought until very recently. Pirating helps to sell their products, think of it as free advertisement, this is the thing movie studios, music producers and book publishers don't understand. I know folks that for each pirated book they keep buy a physical one, also friends that pirated some movie and by a word of mouth advertise to go and see it in the cinemas, music to buy and go to the concerts etc. If you can't see the product how would you know if it's worth buying? Therefore someone who pirates would never pay anyway and chasing them would make you less money not more!