Quote - I equate a person that runs a warez site with a child molester, the worst of the worst and the users are not much better...

As for the claim that the users that d/l and never pay for anything they d/l being small, I seriously doubt that.

Try before you buy,... just another way to justify getting something for free.

And if that was the case, there would be several car dealerships with no cars, no one would be buying specialty foods if they could not sample a taste, and a shoe salesman would never have any shoes after someone tries them on.

Again, I think all of you are missing the point because you are so passionate about this.  And that child molester thing...are you serious?  For real?  Let's see, someone who assaults my child and could scare them psychologically for life versus someone who downloads my product from some warez site for free.  One I could easily recover from and the other I could not.  One I could recoup loses from, the other I could not.  Sorry, I can't see the analogy here accept when it's dealing with lost money or revenue.  Digital content has produced a seemingly incurable disease, but not completely invincible.

Let's use Aery Soul for an example, who have publically stated that piracy was NOT the reason they were shuting down but the global economy being in the crapper the way it is.  Aery Soul had quality stuff and while their stuff was on these sites, it doesn't really seem like they started hurting until people just could not afford the stuff.  Now, they are regulated to just Daz, Rendo, and a few others, but they were doing quite well for a long time...and piracy was in full effect.

Honestly, I don't care if you demonize a titled forum coordinator for not having zero tolerance.  But judge from your comment, AprilYSH, and hipend3d...I think you all are missing a very valuable point.