Personally, i will not purchase a movie game or any sort of music unless i have listened, played or watched it. Thats the way i am. If it is worth paying for i will gladly lay down the money for it, but i wont buy crap.
If you buy a desk or a dvd player or something and its not what you wanted you can take it back or exchange it, same with most other retail items. sometimes you play a restocking fee, but beyond that, there is no hassle. Until it is the same way with these three items piracy will continue. There are tons of great bands that i would have never even heard of, or bought cds from if it were not for P2P. A lot of this is to do with radio, but thats a different topic.
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Personally, i will not purchase a movie game or any sort of music unless i have listened, played or watched it. Thats the way i am. If it is worth paying for i will gladly lay down the money for it, but i wont buy crap. If you buy a desk or a dvd player or something and its not what you wanted you can take it back or exchange it, same with most other retail items. sometimes you play a restocking fee, but beyond that, there is no hassle. Until it is the same way with these three items piracy will continue. There are tons of great bands that i would have never even heard of, or bought cds from if it were not for P2P. A lot of this is to do with radio, but thats a different topic.