I'm well aware of that example of extraordinary entitlement (I pay for HBO and streamed both seasons to today legally and with immediate gratification. Justifiers always need to add layers to their excuses though). Further it's a convenient argument that many pirates use when the situation merits it -- how many of those people demanding easy purchases of DRM free music on Slashdot back in the day actually gave up on pirating once it was readily available? Instead they found the next argument to justify theft.
"how many of those people demanding easy purchases of DRM free music on Slashdot back in the day actually gave up on pirating once it was readily available?"
Numbers say, a lot of them did.
Paid digital downloads are growing and legal video streaming rivals bittorrent.
Can you prove that somebody who demanded drm-free mp3s later found the next argument? Do you have some kind of examples, some kind of proof, or are you behaving the same way your opponents do: never quit bitching as your wishes getting fulfilled one by one?
Numbers say the exact opposite: Digital sales have barely touched lost physical media sales. Lots of people who previously purchased their music of course buy it digitally now, no surprise there.
It is the robustness of the argument that demonstrates the legitimacy of the argument. Most pro-piracy spiels are tissue-thin, and only go undemolished because so many others like the comforting notion that what they're doing is somehow good. You see that sort of invented reality even on sites like HN because piracy discussions have a unhealthy draw for those who rely upon easy piracy (this particular topic has no interest for most readers, but for people who rely upon torrents it is a very crucial topic for them to try to spin a reality in)
Digital sales have barely touched lost physical media sales.
Then perhaps the digital offerings are not good enough yet?
It is the robustness of the argument [...]
It is also the ratio of polemics to facts.
Your arguments might be better received if you you backed your opinion with a proposal for a solution instead of paragraphs of undirected ranting against the "evil, immoral pirates".
We all understand by now that you insist on reality being unfair.
So, how do you sell fish to the coast city?
Attempting to block the citizen's access to the ocean is demonstrably not working very well.
My proposal is to make our fish cheaper and have it delivered to your door. So convenient that almost nobody bothers to walk to the beach and catch their own anymore. We are not there yet, not even close. I also propose to take the expensive truck-drivers out of the equation, because nowadays we can magically beam our fish to your doorstep at zero cost.
What is yours? Nuke the ocean from orbit to keep the truck-drivers employed?
"Digital sales have barely touched lost physical media sales"
Why do they feel entitled for the same amount of money regardless?
What makes them think they'll get the same money even if there would not be a single pirate? People experience less new music, people need even less mainstream music, other entertainment ate the pie. Games, TV shows, they all steal from the same pool.
