[Skuu]

When I started reading this thread I was thinking "technically MMM is correct but it's futile to think that the tide of downloading is going to be stopped via a plea to ethics. Illegal downloaders aren't in their right to steal but the industry isn't going to get back on its feet through the willpower of the consumers."

After reading through every page I'm slightly more pro-industry and I join in the call for people to stop/minimize illegal downloading and actually put effort in to affording/chipping into the industry if you care about it.

I'd say the most significant detail is what MMM emphasises: the manga industry is often not a big one. When I watch a South Park episode online or someone sends me a song on MSN I can objectively say that no one is being harmed, even considering large numbers. When you learn that the manga industry is more small time then you have to alter your outlook.

I think this largely comes from the logical fallacy that one person (always your own action) doesn't make a difference. Individual actions are the only things that make differences and they can be altered.