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A). A man cannot afford DVDs. He sees they are freely available on the web. He downloads.
B). A man cannot afford DVDs. He sees they are freely available on the web. He does not download. Others still download.
C). A man cannot afford DVDs. He sees they are freely available on the web. He does not download. Somehow, others do not download.
D). No one uploads DVDs on the web.
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In each and every scenario above, the instructor/DVD maker will not make any more profit. The only scenario that will create profit from someone who would have otherwise downloaded:
E). A man cannot afford DVDs. He sees they are freely available on the web. He decides to pick up an additional job so he can afford DVDs.
Now, in what world is that likely? I'm just saying.
Being poorer myself, I cannot afford these instructionals. If I come into extra money, it has more important places to go. If I can download, and I choose not to, what am I accomplishing? It's not like I'd purchase unless I had SUBSTANTIALLY more disposable income. I'm not withholding money from anybody, I don't have it to give. I'm not hurting anybody by downloading, and if I choose not to for some pseudo-moral reason, I'm only hurting myself.
Let's be real. The market does not work based on the moral good of the people. People who buy instructionals have the money to spend, and they spend it because it is more convenient to order a DVD, forget about, and have a nice packaged set show up at their door later...rather than keeping a share ratio on a torrent site or suffering long downloads and possibly inferior quality. This is also why there needs to be legal downloads of these instructionals available soon...because people who can afford to pay want convenience, and while everything else may be convenient, it is not convenient to wait 2-3 weeks for the hottest instructional.
B). A man cannot afford DVDs. He sees they are freely available on the web. He does not download. Others still download.
C). A man cannot afford DVDs. He sees they are freely available on the web. He does not download. Somehow, others do not download.
D). No one uploads DVDs on the web.
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In each and every scenario above, the instructor/DVD maker will not make any more profit. The only scenario that will create profit from someone who would have otherwise downloaded:
E). A man cannot afford DVDs. He sees they are freely available on the web. He decides to pick up an additional job so he can afford DVDs.
Now, in what world is that likely? I'm just saying.
Being poorer myself, I cannot afford these instructionals. If I come into extra money, it has more important places to go. If I can download, and I choose not to, what am I accomplishing? It's not like I'd purchase unless I had SUBSTANTIALLY more disposable income. I'm not withholding money from anybody, I don't have it to give. I'm not hurting anybody by downloading, and if I choose not to for some pseudo-moral reason, I'm only hurting myself.
Let's be real. The market does not work based on the moral good of the people. People who buy instructionals have the money to spend, and they spend it because it is more convenient to order a DVD, forget about, and have a nice packaged set show up at their door later...rather than keeping a share ratio on a torrent site or suffering long downloads and possibly inferior quality. This is also why there needs to be legal downloads of these instructionals available soon...because people who can afford to pay want convenience, and while everything else may be convenient, it is not convenient to wait 2-3 weeks for the hottest instructional.
