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This exact argument can be used to justify both POV. No one is entitled to have any particular piece of media available to them for free, either? Talented and
by misnome 4y ago
This exact argument can be used to justify both POV.
No one is entitled to have any particular piece of media available to them for free, either?
Talented and savvy consumers can find any number of ways to make money to pay for media, like 99.9% of other consumers.
- xtian 4y agoExcept that making a living as an author or via another creative pursuit is a luxury and privilege premised upon the hard labor performed by countless others which actually reproduces our society. It’s also not really a matter of entitlement. It’s just an objective fact that trying to gatekeep knowledge behind IP toll bridges is a losing battle which only serves to hinder the development of many realms of human endeavor.
- ROTMetro 4y agoYou want to kill the goose so you can consume the eggs. You want to steal their products but condemn the creators. You must not know creative types and how much most of them sacrifice to try and create from the passion inside them.
- xtian 4y agoActually I do. Their passion doesn’t entitle them to anything, and their sacrifices pale in comparison to those made by people who do hard labor for a living. IP laws don’t protect small creators anyway, most of whom will fail regardless. They protect the big conglomerates from multitudes of potential creators who might otherwise find education and success outside of the established institutions.