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What if someone pirates it after 100 people already watched/bought it, and now you got 500 more loyal fans who might also buy your next movie?

• doctor_eval 6y ago
  The actual likelihood of this happening in the real world approaches zero, given the intrinsic incentives of pirates ie to release as early as possible, and the fact that pirates don’t usually know (or care) if the product has recouped its investment, or not. Even if it was possible, surely the people who have invested real money should be the ones to make this decision? Indeed, lots of IP becomes free (even freedom-free) after it’s made money, eg the Quake engine.
  • account42 6y ago
    > Even if it was possible, surely the people who have invested real money should be the ones to make this decision? Why? They have no inherent right to limit the distribution of their content, only the special rights society has decided to give them in order to encourage the creation in the first place.
    • doctor_eval 6y ago
      But all rights are granted by society, including your right to own a house or a car or a laptop or the clothes on your back. ALL of these rights are “special rights society has decided to give”. And in the case of copyright society has decided that media is something that is worth investing in and we have created laws that encourage that. Some of those laws suck and are stupid and overreaching, but that’s not the argument here.