I don't get it. Why should information be free? Especially refined (created) information (i.e movies, music, games). We do not live in Sovjet Russia. "We" are also "Me", and "I" do it for money, riches, fame, bitches and ho's. Few, if any, do everything for free. We do something for free, and somethings for the money.
I do not mind pirate downloading (as I see it as an advanced "sharing" between "friends") but when people try to be political about it and make an argument that true artist would be satisfied that people gave a s..t about what they have made is nonsense. Artist work they don't just create. There goes endless hours of research, finding that special note, fighting writers blocks. They need food and perhaps even got some family to take care of. Artist do need their money, and creative work should not be free because it's "information".
Also, I do not like "internet culture" (i.e "meme") as much and I fear that if piracy/copyright infringements is allowed to become a really big problem then all we get are youtube poop videos, lol kittens and independent (aka weird) games as stimulation.
What I do not like is this extreme "poor rich me" whining from many of the greatest companies in the world. They do not starve.
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