Talk:The Rise of Miss Power/@comment-5460877-20120923195138/@comment-5281760-20120925014451

Well, let's be fair, everyone. The way Scholastic makes money off of WordGirl is when we watch the episodes on TV or the official PBS kids video player. They don't get paid when fans pirate the videos and post them on YouTube (guilty as charged). It's like if you worked your butt off writing the perfect book and then someone posted the entire thing online for free. All the readers know it's yours, but are they going to pay you for a book they can read online for free? No, of course not. And since he/she has to pay the bills somehow, what does the author do? He or she files a lawsuit to take down the stolen online version so people will buy the actual book. That's how life works. It's also like the police. We as citizens aren't particularly fond of them when our parents get a speeding ticket, but they're there for a reason.