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Originally Posted by MMM
"High prices". Anything over $0.00 is a "high price" to thieves.
"Long waiting periods". Publishing a book into English is not like waving a wand. I realize in this Internet Now generation we must have everything now, but the physical publishing of a title takes months. There is little that is going to change that, but it doesn't excuse stealing.
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The question was essentially, "what drives a normal consumer to become a thief?" We've already pretty much declared that a thief is a thief, whether it's a penny or 100 dollars, but there are plenty of people here who have openly admitted to pirating here, albeit being general consumers. So why did they choose to take a piece of something, when they've also admitted they'd paid for the products as well? There has to be more than saying all of us are just natural born stealers.
The "long waiting periods" are relative. I never said it could be done quickly; in fact I said it takes a long time, hence why people feel the need to pirate. I don't condone pirating at all, so don't assume I do.