farla

Say, I've had a thought. (It may be a bit of a late thought now, but nevermind.) The Pokemon downloaders are generally younger, so they're generally more likely to be using a family computer. Even though my laptop's mine alone, the first time I torrented a file, my mum was anxious about having a computer on downstairs overnight. (Electricity bill, vague fear of errors, ill will and night terrors...) When the download eventually finished, she didn't ask me to close the program, she asked me to turn the computer off for a while. It always did put a bit of a stain on the atmosphere in the main room downstairs whenever the computer was on for too long. (Things are easier now, with wireless.) So, if some of those Pokemon downloaders are using shared computers, with parents and siblings wanting their turns... Well, for a greater proportion of the general anime crowd, leaving the file to upload while they surf or work on something else in their rooms/dorms/apartments might be an easier decision. (You get older, you get freedom, privacy...) It may not quite account for all the kids, but I'd bet it's a factor.

As for the second point - you answered it yourself, with that bit about individual long term advantage, didn't you? And if you think better of those who support the system (and it's not majorly inconvenient), why wouldn't you include yourself in that category?