>>9679
I think I already addressed that sometime before, that it is not about money
so how artists make money is irrelevant to piracy.

The goal is not to make money for artists but to get more content into the public domain as the primary goal and the rest is the way how we do it.
Being civil with artists means that we are discussing that exact issue, as making a deal with artist allowing him to make money in exchange for his work becoming public domain.

Artists who agree to negotiate those terms and be reasonable deserve respect. Artists who think that they are entitled to copyright and their art is their property so they do whatever they want without any conditions are just as entitled as people who demand it for free.
I think it is time for everyone to learn the rule that people only care about you if you care about them. You get right as for of bargain where every right for you costs certain obligation.

So if you want people not pirate your work please pay to them for that.