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Originally Posted by **********
Not exactly true. I know I can get free music and movies online, but I actually *enjoy* buying from iTunes, and I especially *LOVE* going to a movie theatre, and buying my favourite flicks on Bluray. All the software on our computers is paid for too.
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I said most people.
I'm the same as you. I know the avenues to get my shit for free, and I have in the past. I'm not even saying I don't lapse once in a while a download the occasional album from a blog. But I pay for everything now, because I'd like to be part of a solution.
I run an animaiton business, and some of the more expensive software I started out with as pirate versions. I didn't have to pay thousands of dollars over the last few years to become fully legit, but I did because(it sounds cliche) I sleep better at night. I shelled out $400 yesterday for a Modo update and didn't even think about it. The artists who make the content I love deserve my money, and I want them to get paid and keep making my music, movies, games and software.
I don't think that goes through most people's heads. They just like free shit and don't care where it comes from or how its made.