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For me, pirating also has several reasons, though over the past few years, thanks to the interwebs, these reasons have changed somewhat, by bringing the world closer to me.
Availability of content - Where I live, neither audio nor video is comfortably available. If I want to buy something, either cd's or movies, I will have to buy it on-line (saves me taxes, but adds shipping). In addition some content is not available in the USA at all. I had to enlist the help of a relative overseas in order to get a certain music cd, and then it was a download rather than the disc I would have liked. There is no way for me to get European, Australian, Asian or even Canadian TV other than by pirating.
Cost - I pay for a bunch of channels for which I have absolutely no use, but I would have to pay a hefty additional sum for the premium channels like HBO and Showtime, something I'm unwilling to do. (I would trade in about 75 channels of what I get now for 1 HBO
)
As far as books is concerned, with very few exceptions we are not reading dt books anymore. Pirating books gives me the ability to sample an author before I lay out 16 bucks for a paperback or 10 bucks for same book in digital. I still do buy books, but never from authors I'm not familiar with. I also pirate books when the price irks me. I probably would pay the price if I knew that the author actually got a fair share of the proceeds, but I'm unwilling to support the publisher to the nth degree.
And ultimately there is the feeling that good shows/books/music should be passed on and shared
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Availability of content - Where I live, neither audio nor video is comfortably available. If I want to buy something, either cd's or movies, I will have to buy it on-line (saves me taxes, but adds shipping). In addition some content is not available in the USA at all. I had to enlist the help of a relative overseas in order to get a certain music cd, and then it was a download rather than the disc I would have liked. There is no way for me to get European, Australian, Asian or even Canadian TV other than by pirating.
Cost - I pay for a bunch of channels for which I have absolutely no use, but I would have to pay a hefty additional sum for the premium channels like HBO and Showtime, something I'm unwilling to do. (I would trade in about 75 channels of what I get now for 1 HBO
As far as books is concerned, with very few exceptions we are not reading dt books anymore. Pirating books gives me the ability to sample an author before I lay out 16 bucks for a paperback or 10 bucks for same book in digital. I still do buy books, but never from authors I'm not familiar with. I also pirate books when the price irks me. I probably would pay the price if I knew that the author actually got a fair share of the proceeds, but I'm unwilling to support the publisher to the nth degree.
And ultimately there is the feeling that good shows/books/music should be passed on and shared