Yet there are options: libraries, buying second hand print versions and waiting for the digital price to come down (which it almost always does).
Not everyone has these options, but I wonder how many people really pirate because they've exhausted all others. The dominant motivations are free and/or not wanting to wait for an affordable legal copy.
Consider the angry Wheel of Time fans who claimed they'd resort to piracy because the digital release is after the print one.
I think entitlement is understandable, as e-capitalism has been sold on fast and cheap and the cost of tech and access is enough to make one resent additional charges for content. But justified entitlement is not necessarily social justice. It's also interesting the technology which makes piracy possible is also part of what make piracy necessary, i.e. reducing options like used and libraries and requiring high non-book costs before one can even start book shopping.
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Date: 2013-02-06 05:55 pm (UTC)Yet there are options: libraries, buying second hand print versions and waiting for the digital price to come down (which it almost always does).
Not everyone has these options, but I wonder how many people really pirate because they've exhausted all others. The dominant motivations are free and/or not wanting to wait for an affordable legal copy.
Consider the angry Wheel of Time fans who claimed they'd resort to piracy because the digital release is after the print one.
I think entitlement is understandable, as e-capitalism has been sold on fast and cheap and the cost of tech and access is enough to make one resent additional charges for content. But justified entitlement is not necessarily social justice. It's also interesting the technology which makes piracy possible is also part of what make piracy necessary, i.e. reducing options like used and libraries and requiring high non-book costs before one can even start book shopping.