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Exactly. I think the unrealistic expectation regarding media accessibility comes from many places but one I want to explicitly mention: torrents. I'm from the
by fleddr 4y ago
Exactly. I think the unrealistic expectation regarding media accessibility comes from many places but one I want to explicitly mention: torrents.
I'm from the Netherlands where for about 20 years, it wasn't even illegal (today it is). We'd pay a "media tax" on empty discs (like 0.10$) and this would clear you to make "home copies". Of anything, without paying for the original.
Anyway, this legal anomaly has created a culture where media that costs a shit ton to produce (movies, series) is valued at: nothing. zero. Not by some dark tech-savvy internet lord, it's valued at zero by society as whole. People are even proud to showcase the many ways in which they dodge paying for content.
Now people project this learned behavior (have it all for near-zero costs) on the entire streaming market.
- DJBunnies 4y agoI struggle in valuing anything that can be infinitely copied and resold at more than zero. I’m not saying content producers shouldn’t be paid, but art should be for everybody.
- lotsofpulp 4y agoThe work of many people on this forum can be infinitely copied and resold. Are they being paid inordinate amounts? If so, how much should they be getting paid? >but art should be for everybody A shorter copyright term accomplishes this, while also leaving intact the incentive system to create content that can be infinitely copied and resold.
- brookst 4y agoIP laws are messed up, but I just don’t see any reasonable argument for abolishing copyright altogether. Is your theory that the great artists will still produce even if they make no money and people can redistribute their work for free at will?