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January 18, 2012 9:23 pm @comicBOOKchris I would tend to disagree with you on piracy cheapening the product and @SEChambers I'm not sure which generation you're referring to. Online piracy isn't restricted to a specific age group and if you think it is then you're delusional. To both of you, I don't pirate everything and in fact I don't really even pirate comics. I generally buy the trades. The only comics I torrent are the ones I'm unsure of. If the internet didn't exist these would be the comics we'd see in a store and flip through, maybe read a bit of before either purchasing or putting down. I use it mainly as a way of gauging whether or not I'd be interested in a series. Get off your high horse. It's not piracy that cheapens products, as diminishing sales rarely, if ever, lead to a shittier product.

January 18, 2012 9:17 pm @Neeks it was particularly in response to this part of your post: "As a reader and someone trying to reduce comic spending but at the same time a fan of those series i feel forced into purchasing them in order to keep up with series im enjoying and therefore feel swindled at the same time. I understand thats no ones fault but my own for purchasing them but at the same time i find it frustrating when if i was expecting to purchase a comic continously and follow a series i would like to know when its coming out and how much i would need to spend in order to do that." I should have clarified that it's a way of not feeling so swindled. Also it would decrease the number of disposable events.

January 18, 2012 6:11 pm I know this may be a very unpopular decision but why not just torrent the issues of series you're unfamiliar with as a sort of demo to see where they're going? Or just torrent everything on and issue-by-issue basis and then pay for the trade paperbacks of the ones you like?