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You are, instead, "stealing" the means for the producer to make more if they can't afford to do it any more because you've normalised using people's work withou
by awjlogan 3y ago
You are, instead, "stealing" the means for the producer to make more if they can't afford to do it any more because you've normalised using people's work without compensation. It doesn't really matter if the marginal cost of reproduction is near zero, it is the producer's choice what to price their product at, not yours. You're pushing the cost on to others to subsidise your consumption.
- c22 3y agoBut now we're getting into a much more nuanced argument about the shape of society. If I, as a lone actor, hook my tape deck into the output of my radio and "steal" the newest Britney Spears track have I normalized the act of piracy? If everyone is doing it then it does seem pretty normalized, but if everyone is doing it then your presumption as to society's values seems flawed. In reality these media producers seem to be making healthy profits so perhaps internet piracy is not as normalized as you think.