| Alterego-X said: It's almost the same with information technology. The publishers could search for alternative incomes, to survive the change, but simply banning piracy is like banning machines to save the old ways of the industry. |
No working person who produces a good or service should have to adjust to poor and cheap individual, like yourself, who refuses to compensate them for their efforts. If you can't afford it, then don't go there. Individuals like yourself are why legitimate customers have to put up with the annoyance of copy protection. You have pretty much said if you couldn't take a crowbar and unbolt it, you would not be trying to follow the hobby. How about you have enough self-control you get a life and get out NOW? But, of course you can't. You want to leech off the efforts of others, and not compensate them at all. And you can rationalize about the distribution channels being indirect and thus the developers won't get paid anyhow. But, I doubt you will say that. One wouldn't even expect you to
If you followed your principles also, you should either neither dine out, and be waited on, or if you do go out, NEVER tip the wait staff. They are paid below minimum wage. Why should you tip them for their efforts to take your order and bring them food? Tipping is the old way of the industry. Also, when you do go out, make sure you calculate exactly what the costs for the food was, minus labor, and only pay the place for the costs of the food before it is cooked. If you are generous, you pay them for the wear and tear being there and also for the utility expenses.
