Well, I've been around the guro community back when we were all still just a series of loosely connected yahoo groups, then we had 5chan's guro board and now we're here. I'll say that a lot of consumers have gotten pretty damn entitled. I've seen consumers complain about artists having a Patreon, when the only thing inside said Patreon were WIP and all finished works were free to the public. They talk out of their damn ass. Sorry that's not fucking okay. Secondly, everyone pirates stuff and if you want to shamelessly pirate stuff, by all means do it. Stop trying to justify it and act like you are some freedom fighter on the moral high ground. You really aren't. Acting that way is the opposite of being a shameless pirate, those are the actions of someone who does something with shame, who needs constant reassurance he's not doing something wrong. If an artist wants his stuff taken down, then please respect the artist's wishes. Everyone always debate whether piracy hurts sales and the truth is, it depends. Every business works under different conditions and circumstances and you do not know whether the business have alternative revenue streams. For example, piracy isn't a big problem for a musician, if a majority of his income comes from merchandise or paid gigs. The starting musician who loses money paying for data storage, selling his music online might not have the same luxury or circumstances.

In summary, I'm quite disappointed in how entitled everyone has become. When we had to pirate stuff back in grumpy grandpa Cursed days, we would e-mail the files to each other. We don't act entitled to it and we most certainly didn't brag about it. If you're gonna pirate, do so, but stop being a douche. If an artist asks for you to stop, don't attack the artist like an idiot. Seriously grow back the tact you lost.