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Honestly, I don't have a major moral problem with piracy. It's the lowest tier of price discrimination. The vast majority of people who pirate would simply not

Honestly, I don't have a major moral problem with piracy. It's the lowest tier of price discrimination. The vast majority of people who pirate would simply not pay for the content if piracy were an option. There are content creators who encourage piracy because they have a better chance of becoming viral (and making more money) if it occurs. I pay, when I can. I have enough money, and if I pirate, then I'm disenfranchising myself because, in pop culture, money is a vote. If I don't pay (vote) then I can't complain about garbage being produced because I'm a non-contributor. Piracy was OK when I was a college kid with very little money, but now that the cost of content is trivial in comparison to the time it costs me to watch something, I feel like I should take the legit route. However, I don't buy cable. It's too expensive given that most of the channels I'll never watch, and Time Warner Cable is the epitome of Suck. Why should I pay so much for such terrible service? I am not going to "vote for" TWC just to watch Game of Thrones, which only requires a cable subscription because HBO was beaten into submission by the bad guys. So I say: until HBO will take your money directly, pirate on.

swah 14y ago
Another "good reason" for piracy is being able to participate in the discussion going on in the US when its actually hapenning, instead of whenever the show appears on the rest of the world.
jiggy2011 14y ago
That certainly works if everyone pays for stuff they like. In which case you could certainly extend this pricing out to most products. For example if I buy a meal at a restaurant I am only obliged to cover the direct costs incurred (and maybe something towards overheads) by the restaurant in providing me with that meal, any profit is discretionary. Without a large enough test it's difficult to draw any conclusions about how successful such a model would be for any given market rather than specific things like Humble Bundles. I certainly do still see plenty of people who can afford a new car and a holiday every year pirating movies etc and still complaining if something sucks.

swah 14y ago

Another "good reason" for piracy is being able to participate in the discussion going on in the US when its actually hapenning, instead of whenever the show appears on the rest of the world.

jiggy2011 14y ago

That certainly works if everyone pays for stuff they like. In which case you could certainly extend this pricing out to most products. For example if I buy a meal at a restaurant I am only obliged to cover the direct costs incurred (and maybe something towards overheads) by the restaurant in providing me with that meal, any profit is discretionary. Without a large enough test it's difficult to draw any conclusions about how successful such a model would be for any given market rather than specific things like Humble Bundles. I certainly do still see plenty of people who can afford a new car and a holiday every year pirating movies etc and still complaining if something sucks.