[nkrisc]

Why is it fair that you get to be subsidized by everyone who does pay? Imagine a world where everyone had the same attitude as you and did not pay for any media. Pirates get to pirate only because most people don’t. So why are you so special?

[plutokras]

As mentioned, we all pay the fee. Additionally, I pay for plenty of media when it is practical, deserving, or convenient. The rest gets pirated.

[satvikpendem]

Not everyone is a Kantian.

[2OEH8eoCRo0]

I've bought more media than you. Why is it fair that you get to be subsidized by me?

[nkrisc]

Because you’ve seen more than me then. Not sure what point you’re making.

[gzread]

It's not subsidized. You paid a fee on every hard drive to pay for that drive to hold pirated media.

[yorwba]

It's subsidized by people who paid the fee when they bought a hard drive to hold something other than pirated media.

[gzread]

You mean the fee I pay for piracy doesn't cover the cost of the piracy? Maybe they should remove the fee, so they can prosecute me for piracy, without me arguing it's covered by the fee.