When I bought my property here over 20 some years ago we went to get library cards as I've always been a voracious reader and I realized the vast majority of my reading history had been male authors and I'd read them all....I decided to explore only female authors for a change and discovered so many great authors and novels...Margaret Atwood and many others.....now I have to check out large print for my eyes.....always something new to discover.
Nice rationalization for stealing. If you don’t pay for it, don’t read it, or watch it, or listen to it. Because it’s not yours.
I understand your stance....but I've never seen you get this fired up when somebody looks for a link of a bootleg stream of a Blazer game on here. Or maybe I just missed it?
Of course I would not condone that either, it's just not something I ever think about. But people stealing my content and thinking it's nbd? That really pisses me off.
I pay for content unless it's too inconvenient. I pay for redundant services to make sure I'm covered. My simple point is that content creators should make sure their content is readily available through legal channels if they don't want it to be pirated. Artificial scarcity isn't the way.
I really don't get what you are saying, "Readily available through legal channels." Where else would it be? Someone can look and easily download one of my books and not pay for it, or they could go to Amazon. Or is that too inconvenient?
I didn't mean to imply I was talking specifically about you. I'm talking more about Blazer games on Root, blackouts, or TV shows which aren't available in certain locations, etc. If your books are available on Amazon for a reasonable prices then I think you're probably doing it right. That's why I pay for Amazon, audible, etc.
Speaking of books. I went to SF Ballet this afternoon with book to read on BART. I was in my seat when I realized I had left my book in the ladies' room. The restrooms are a floor below seating at end of a long hallway and it was two minutes to curtain. I hauled ass at full sprint, grabbed my book, sprinted upstairs, all this in high heels, and got to my seat out of breath with just enough time to mute my phone before the performance. Which incidentally was fabulous.
I have to admit that I try to pay for every content I consume, just like I hope every piece of software I write is not pirated. I can assure you that going the cloud way in our professional code was specifically because the software was pirated often. Good luck doing that without the server back-end. It is not easy for book or music content creators
