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Originally Posted by j2x
I would bet that if the business end (supply) changed to reflect the consumer's desires (demand) a much more equitable system would arise. I believe, as yoav tried to say, those who steal do so because it's more convenient. I think few people set out to be thieves, it's just something that they do because they have been disenfranchised from the system. I can imagine a system where an artist would be paid fairly for their work and where the consumer wouldn't feel like they had to steal.
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That may be the case, and thieving definitely is perpetrated because of how easy it is, but you can't deny that it's also because of
zero cost to the consumer that it's so popular.
The system definitely could be more adaptive to the consumer need in order to recoup lost profit, but there will always be losses due to the ability to steal and people's selfishness.