It's a good point, and I'll concede, possibly a higher moral ground. However, I have very serious misgivings about our mainstream ideas of content ownership, and copyright. I see piracy as a useful pressure on ill-devised models. What you suggest are good alternatives, but I don't think they will seriously undermine these models. I created a roleplaying game, and the PDFs are for sale at http://rpgnow.com. However, I am also aware that the books are on torrents, and traded on forums like 7chan. I don't have a problem with this. PDFs can be infinitely copied with ease. Is copying PDFs wrong, or is my feeling that I should be compensated for each one misguided? That said, I actually make it a habit of paying for content when able. But I think some grey area and some piracy is a good thing. I'd rather people pirate my PDFs than not pirate or buy them.