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<i>Of course, this is no different than if a studio makes bad films that people simply don't want to see, but that doesn't mean that we should have laws saying that movie-goers must pay to support all those people working on the bad films.</i><br> No-one is proposing such law. Bad studios making bad movies with bad coworkers go out of business. However, I fail to see how this is "no different" from good studios making good movies with good coworkers going out of business because they cannot reap the rewards of their investment. <p>

<i>I think the financial reward you deserve is equal to the amount of money your customers are willing to pay you.</i> <br> This is the law of supply and demand reformulated. Question is if people that copy or download movies without paying for it can be considered customers.




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