yes and no.
The simple fact is, while to us, it's common knowledge that these sites are illegal, not everyone knows that downloading from these sites are wrong.  I spent 3 months in a conversation with a guy that runs a photoshop blog who was sharing links to deviney's brushes on his blog with his tutorials.  He had no idea that they were illegal, or that you could get them legally through DAZ.  He turned around, and started advertising brushes sold at DAZ, Renderosity, and legit free ones around the internet.
Just because those of us who've been around long enough to remember past debacles doesn't mean that everyone does.

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