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That's not the point under discussion. The rationalization here was that the work was already done, so why shouldn't it be free? It's a silly rationalization
by waterlesscloud 11y ago
That's not the point under discussion.
The rationalization here was that the work was already done, so why shouldn't it be free?
It's a silly rationalization and I'm pointing that out.
- Karunamon 11y agoThe rationalization only works on goods that meet the criterion I just described.
- bmelton 11y agoThen it doesn't work for pirated movies, which has distribution costs associated. You'll need to add yet another caveat to your original claim to make it work.
- Karunamon 11y agoOnce again, I was speaking of digital content. The "distribution cost" of a 600-4000MB file is effectively nil.
- vidbina 11y agoNetflix seems to spend a fortune in encoding and distributing this type of content. I think that distribution may not always be as simple of a problem and should not be marginalised as such. Especially if you consider the numbers in terms of demand and quality expectations for such services.
- Karunamon 11y agoLiteral thousands of people are distributing various content, for free, right now. Out of sheer altruism most of the time - they get nothing back after their initial download. Pick your favorite torrent site. The fact that the business landscape wouldn't tolerate this as a legitimate method is a failure of ego and imagination, not something inherent to the system.
- chris_wot 11y agoYou did it in the least effective way possible. Once I pay for a car and my food, I never pay for it again if I don't want to. In fact, I've never paid for my food more than once. If you have a point, you need to find a better way of making it.