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Rarely do I want to see a particular movie that's not included in a flat-fee or free service. Having saved enough from those cost-cutting measures, most of thos

Rarely do I want to see a particular movie that's not included in a flat-fee or free service. Having saved enough from those cost-cutting measures, most of those few are available for $2-6 from Redbox, iTunes, or Amazon Video; as I'll pay that much for a cup of coffee, and far more often, the convenience of shelling out a few bucks far exceeds the benefits of relenting to the annoyance of pirating. For the very few movies I otherwise can't get free/cheap, I likely want them enough that actually buying at retail is satisfying. Torrents aren't difficult, but typically I'll burn more time trying to get what I want, uncorrupted, than my available time warrants. Legal burn is unlikely, but burned by bugs or malice is likely enough to waste time I could have spent just watching it via inexpensive legal sourcing. And then there's that little issue about ensuring content creators actually getting paid, so there is actually content worth consuming.

CaptSpify 9y ago
> And then there's that little issue about ensuring content creators actually getting paid, so there is actually content worth consuming. This is something creators need to get better at. Creators need a "Pirated my media but want to make sure we still get paid? Click here!" button. I want to pay a lot of artists, but I also don't want them to think I want to pay for the DRM'd form.
- ctdonath 9y ago
  No way their distribution contracts would allow that.
  - CaptSpify 9y ago
    How would distribution contracts have anything to do with someone wanting to give me money on the side?
    - posterboy 9y ago
      it's competition
      - CaptSpify 9y ago
        That doesn't make sense though. I'm completely allowed to send an artist money "just because". I'd be extremely surprised if there was any contract that said that wasn't allowed.
        ctdonath 9y ago
        There's a difference between someone voluntarily sending an artist money, vs the artist openly soliciting donations in a manner easily construed as advocating piracy.
        CaptSpify 9y ago
        Yeah, but it's hard to tell the difference if worded correctly. It could just be a button saying "send us random money". It doesn't have to be explicitly for piracy.
  - smichel17 9y ago
    Do distribution contracts typically disallow receiving donations?

CaptSpify 9y ago

> And then there's that little issue about ensuring content creators actually getting paid, so there is actually content worth consuming. This is something creators need to get better at. Creators need a "Pirated my media but want to make sure we still get paid? Click here!" button. I want to pay a lot of artists, but I also don't want them to think I want to pay for the DRM'd form.

ctdonath 9y ago
No way their distribution contracts would allow that.
- CaptSpify 9y ago
  How would distribution contracts have anything to do with someone wanting to give me money on the side?
  - posterboy 9y ago
    it's competition
    - CaptSpify 9y ago
      That doesn't make sense though. I'm completely allowed to send an artist money "just because". I'd be extremely surprised if there was any contract that said that wasn't allowed.
      - ctdonath 9y ago
        There's a difference between someone voluntarily sending an artist money, vs the artist openly soliciting donations in a manner easily construed as advocating piracy.
        CaptSpify 9y ago
        Yeah, but it's hard to tell the difference if worded correctly. It could just be a button saying "send us random money". It doesn't have to be explicitly for piracy.
- smichel17 9y ago
  Do distribution contracts typically disallow receiving donations?