"Intellectual property is theft" is all well and good, but I still need to fucking eat.

There are people who will howl about not getting paid a living wage who won't take steps to ensure the writers and artists whose work they enjoy can afford to eat.

I'm not a corporation. When I write, I retain ownership. My relationship to a publisher isn't employer / employee. So yeah, pirating my work steals food out of MY mouth. Not a corporation. Mine.

So fucking pay me.