Pirates who pay?! and the Six-Strike Policy (in Off-topic)

Just a few articles I read that I found interesting and felt like sharing:

http://www.webpronews.com/pirates-more-likely-to-pay-for-digital-and-physical-media-than-non-pirates-2012-10?utm_source=Technology_sidebar

http://www.webpronews.com/cci-executive-director-details-six-strikes-anti-piracy-program-2012-10?utm_source=Technology_sidebar

All I know is I'll be investing in a VPN soon >_> I'm the "Try before I buy" type..

I can live without "free full-scale sampling" paid-for entertainment, especially since there's so few actually worth bothering with anyway, and there's plenty of "legally free" decent content available.
Heck, I might even end up having more spare time to do other stuff I wanted to do but couldn't get around to, because I kept "trying" various new things that ended up duds.
It might even save me quite a bit of money since I will ONLY get the stuff that's GUARANTEED to be good enough for me, after somebody I trust in his or her objectivity (and matches my tastes somewhat) reviews it thoroughly, and not bother giving a chance to possible "stealth hits" which I might have ended up buying in the end anyway. This might very well mean I will simply cease buying ALMOST ANY games, because, let's face it, NONE that came out lately were worth even a tiny fraction of their initial hype... and only watching stuff when it comes "for free" on the TV (who cares about a couple of years' worth of gap, and I never minded spoilers anyway, so, meh).

If the big companies want to shoot themselves in the foot very thoroughly, I'd say let them.