• BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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      1 hour ago

      They already don’t get paid. Nearly every writer has to supplement their income with a paying job. Writers know this.

      Piracy doesn’t hurt the writers nearly as much as it hurts the publisher, and that’s the point. If publishers get hurt badly enough and can’t operate properly, then writers will find a different path, and go independent, and keep all the money for themselves. THEN I’d want to buy directly from the author.