Counterfeit Magic Cards

[Moonraker]

My point was it's awfully hard to talk about how much it "hurts" Wizards of the Coast to be getting copies of something they are not actually selling and in some cases have said they will never sell again. It's like downloading abandonware, which costs the owning companies (if they're even still in business) a grand total of 0¢.

So your saying that its hard for you to see how counterfeiting a product despite it being out of production hurts the industry that produced it. So you don't think that product integrity affects consumer confidence? You don't think that people who get swindled would prefer to abstain from the product altogether? Somehow this doesn't hurt WOTC? You think the producers of the game won't become disillusioned because the profitability of what they produce doesn't provide a substantial return on investment? You sir, are living in the alternate reality... I'm not going to explain how the world works to you anymore kid. You're just going to have to get ripped off a few times before you understand.