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> We have an ethical responsibility to refuse to work on software that will negatively impact the well-being of other people. Such as creating a platform for p
by BRedSox 6y ago
> We have an ethical responsibility to refuse to work on software that will negatively impact the well-being of other people.
Such as creating a platform for people to listen to music for free by sharing it with others without paying the artist?
- Asooka 6y agoYou can also say it benefits the artist because it makes it easier to listen to them, which incentivises people to give them money to support them. This is more or less the entire model of Bandcamp.
- glenstein 6y agoRight, and Bandcamp is probably the most pro-artist of the major music platforms, I would say. The project also benefits the artist but creating an infrastructure not controlled by Youtube or Soundcloud.
- TheOtherHobbes 6y agoYou can indeed say that - and people who demand artists work for "exposure" often do. But there's no evidence it's factually correct. And Bandcamp's model is based on selling tracks and albums with free previews, which is entirely different to free listening.
- BRedSox 6y agoSource?
- Kaze404 6y agoDoes BitTorrent fall under that? Or YouTube? Plex? Google Drive?
- BRedSox 6y agoBitTorrent, yes. YouTube, no. They take down videos with copyrighted material.
- Kaze404 6y agoSo by extension browsers allowing file downloads also falls under that? That's just what BitTorrent is after all.
- JacobSuperslav 6y agoAnd knives. They can be used to kill people too.