Comment Re:A song for a meal... (Score 1) 178
I have nothing particularly against piracy, but if you think that making entertainment isn't work, then I cordially invite you to enter the industry and pay your dues. You will enjoy not having a family life anymore, when you're pulling 12+shifts sitting in front of a screen doing repetitive tasks without any glamour whatsoever. Just because it's fun to watch movies doesn't mean it isn't real work to make them. The vast majority of people who work in entertainment don't make millions. For every wealthy actor there's thousands of people you never see behind the scenes.
My reasons against hating piracy are that 1: I think it's gone too far, it stifles innovation and breaks with thousands of years of history where humans could freely share ideas 2. If you are a student and want to break into a field, the cost of educational materials can be kind of shocking---you may have no other means to be competitive other than to pirate software, or the hundreds of movies you might need to watch to become knowledgeable in your field. 3. broke people can't afford to buy the movie anyway