Books

Nothing to say about the last two arguments, but this:

• It is technically theft

...is just bullshit. Theft is illegaly taking a property or service from a person with the intent of depriving them of it. When you're pirating, you're essentially making a copy for yourself. In doing so, you're not taking the original book, nor are you depriving the original owner of said book.

"Piracy is theft" is just some heavily regurgitated nonsense from the early 2000s that has been debunked many times over. It needs to die, because it is just objectively not true.

Well, release your god damn books DRM -free with localized prices on some service along the likes of Bandcamp.

It's pure, it's easy and God damn fair for both parties.

Yes, libraries are great.

If I can't get a DRM free (as in no restrictions which devices/apps can open the file) epub file of your book, I ain't buying it. I will not spend money purchasing a product that can then just be stolen from me again because the seller decides to discontinue their drm, abandon support for the device I read on or simply for not liking me.

Piracy is cool and good.

I think we should focus instead on implementing personalized pricing (localized pricing being one example) to reduce piracy.

My personal opinion: I also value my work's impact and being credited, so my perceived loss is (piracy with credits, or knowing that it inspires new work/cultural progression) < (piracy) < (redistribution).