Piracy?

[ShunNakamura]

So you make an awesome invention patent it and the some random guy comes along, takes your invention find out how it works and then bam releases his own version, and hands it out for free that it is right? think of all the hard work that you put in that just went down the drain.

SWEET! Good for him. He somehow magically produced something that I figured would be costly to produce! As long as he doesn't claim he designed it or sell it for his own profit I don't care. The more people who receive my work. The happier I am!

Also, There is evidence that file sharing raises profits. Authors who have released their books in online form for free often raise their sales of that very book and other books released by the author in the process. Basically filesharing requires no legislation to beat, just corporate ingenuity. Filesharing is merely the backlash caused by companies and the ilk not being able to keep up with the times.

There are other ways to find out if you dont like somthing before commiting to buying said item: read about it, ask about it on a forum watch clips of it/listen to the radio and to be perfectly frank, id be completely shocked if even 0.1% people who file share do actully go out and buy the thing they downloaded.

Read about it- Failure + 20 to no effect.
Ask about it - Success + 10 to Failure + 20
Watch Clips - Success + 20 to Failure +20
Radio - N/A since anything I would listen to won't make it on the radio here anyways.

Basically the above has NEVER worked for me(well sometimes for anime clips will help, but only sometimes and asking someone with the same tastes if I can find one will also sometimes help).

I have a better chance of liking something if I just grab it at a whim(i.e. Relying on intuition when I see it on the shelf at a store or library). Considering how many books I read I can easily say that most of the time Asking about it and Reading reviews and all that about it don't help in the least.

Note: The failure is when the information from those sources create hype that falls flat horrible(ie. it makes me want to buy, but when I buy I realize I just wasted my money/time on a piece of <img src="http://forums.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/rpg_009.gif" alt="skull" /><img src="http://forums.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/rpg_009.gif" alt="skull" /><img src="http://forums.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/rpg_009.gif" alt="skull" /><img src="http://forums.eyesonff.com/images/smilies/rpg_009.gif" alt="skull" />).

For example, I first pirated Lords of Magic SE. About a year later I passed it while in the store(and I had cash on me), so I picked it up and bought it. This way I get a nice box and a nice manual to go with it. Also a lot of the anime/manga I watch/read fan-translated I will borrow from the library or purchase once I spot it in English. Also a lot of books I borrow from the library I will purchase my own copy of(even if only used). I like to keep my own library of my favorites. I can reread a particular book 10+ times in just a few years if I really like it. Just easier to have my own bound copy.