You say that like it's a bad thing. I thought, since you being an LHP magician, you would have no such thinking.
Being a black magician does not mean you advocate stealing, or violating property rights.
I don’t know how you arrived at that asinine conclusion.
If anything, a sorcerer demands the most secure property rights, so that he can safely manage his possessions, without others taxing or stealing from him.
(This is why the most intense sorcerers are also inevitably anti-government)
So you embrace the piracy culture but when it affects you, that's where you draw the line?
No. As I’ve stated multiple times now, I am against theft, because it punishes the people you support.
That being said, I acknowledge the prevalence of the hacker and pirating culture, and recognize the futility of fighting against it.
I am hardcore pro-technology, and believe digital thievery is a natural outgrowth of that. So in that sense, it serves as a good indicator that the digital world is thriving, which I like. (But I’m still against theft)
The only thing that really sticks out would be the word 'morality'... Which is coming from a self-professed LHP magician. That makes no sense.
Again, you raise this childish notion that left hand path sorcerers lack ethics. This is patently false.
A black magician derives morality from efficacy and utility.
Therefore, however he needs to live in order to increase personal power, he is thus duty-bound to abide.
To me, the surest path to becoming rich and powerful is to be a capitalist, that is to say, support free trade, property rights, and productive investments.
Hence, my moral opposition to stealing.
Anyway, we weren't debating over the principle of morality,
Yes, we were. You just didn’t realize it. All arguments and debates go back down into ethical principles and utilitarian measurements.
I was pointing out that since there are no available methods for acquiring EA's material without using pirating, you won't see any profits. Do you expect people to wait for the books to available again especially since EA has said time and time again that he won't be republishing his old works?
And this is my second time now directing your attention to the principle of the argument. (Perhaps you need to Google what the fuck that means)
It is irrelevant if we should expect people to wait for E.A.'s books. What matters is that it’s WRONG for them to steal his books in the first place.
And for the record, we are considering as a possibility re-releasing his books as eBooks, and piracy will, without a doubt, decrease the revenue we bring in from that sale. This, in turn, slows down the growth of Become A Living God.
And for anyone else reading this… E.A. and I have discussed at length the notion of internet piracy. While we do not advocate it, and in fact are against theft in general, we do realize it’s inevitable, and we don’t necessarily begrudge you for doing it.
At the risk of sounding stingy or cheap, I engaged in this anti-piracy debate, simply because it was brought up over and over again, and I want to lay it to rest.
If you’re going to pirate our shit, then fucking do it. But don’t expect us to be thrilled about it. It’s a back-handed compliment at best.