One of the frequent arguments here against torrent sites is that people think it's a platform for ONLY copyright infringement and therefore conclude by accusing

One of the frequent arguments here against torrent sites is that people think it's a platform for ONLY copyright infringement and therefore conclude by accusing their users of being mass copyright infringers and that these torrent sites aren't some 'noble cause' and that its users are greedy parasites, etc. 1) I'd like to break your first world bubble and tell you about a little secret - Not all content is available all over the world. There are really some beautiful pieces of art (Movies, Music, etc) that are available (for purchase/viewing) to certain parts of the worlds (Eg. US) and not available to the rest (Eg. India). What makes you think that you deserve to have access to these content and the rest of them don't? You can observe this even on iTunes - "Sorry the content you requested is not available in your country. Redirecting you to the <insert country here> store." Sometimes, there isn't an option to purchase these content and the only way is to download them via torrents. You see information is like light - It's best when it's shared. People are afraid that the more you share it, the less they will be able to meter it. But they are so wrong[1]. 2) I am a genuine customer of Adobe. I invested heavily into their software suite. I paid several thousand dollars to upgrade their softwares so that I can keep a copy of what I paid for. One fine day, infact, the very next day after I paid for the CS6 suite, they introduced the Creative Suite cloud and fucked up so many people dependent on their software - Basically, it's a model where you keep paying them till you die and if you don't pay, you lose access to the software. This is probably fine with me, since I'm a business guy and I can probably afford the money. But the people who were affected the most were students - Who paid for the student subscription, but were fucked to move to the cloud and pay again: https://www.facebook.com/adobesteals https://www.facebook.com/adobesteals Now, shortly after this happened, the piracy rates of their software suites simply skyrocketed on several torrent sites. Most of the consumers of these torrent sites are students who cannot simply afford to buy it. This in my opinion is good. Why? Because this is the only way of not supporting such companies - By using their products in a way that doesn't benefit them (Remember, I am a legit customer who has paid for their software). At the same time, the students who can't afford are also not at a disadvantage just because they couldn't access a particular software suite during their course of studies. There are even more benefits of torrent sites, but one thing people must understand is that torrent sites are more than just for "Greedy parasites". [1]https://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-piracy-boosts-music-sales-study-finds-120517/ https://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-piracy-boosts-music-sale...