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I’m not sure I understand why Bandcamp is on the list of supported sites: they allow you to just download the files on the condition you first pay the artist fo
by fnoobnar 2y ago
I’m not sure I understand why Bandcamp is on the list of supported sites: they allow you to just download the files on the condition you first pay the artist for them.
The fact you can download it with this tool is because the artist is letting you listen to it for free before buying it. Downloading it with this tool seems totally unnecessary and a bit of a jerk move. Bandcamp hosts mostly small and independent artists and labels.
- khaki54 2y agoI presume you could subscribe and still use this tool? People use automation tools like this to download things that they already pay for because it saves them the effort of logging into 5 different apps depending on which walled garden it's in.
- hluska 2y agoDo artists get paid on Bandcamp if they bypass the login?
- fnoobnar 2y agoIt’s Bandcamp: you buy the album and they give you a link to download it in whatever format you want so you can listen to it using whatever app or device you wish. You can come back later and download it as many times as you like.
- Gormo 2y agoWhat if I don't want to manually follow links or "come back later", but just add the album I purchased to the config for the same script I use for the rest of my media library?
- lovethevoid 2y agoTheir list of supported sites isn't a declaration of where you should use this tool for moralistic reasons. It's just a list of popular sites it works on.
- doublepg23 2y agoAt what income level do pirates consider it immoral/moral to pirate something?
- shiroiushi 2y agoDifferent pirates have different moral codes regarding piracy; there is no standard. Personally, I consider it immoral to pirate Windows without a very good reason (which doesn't include "I like using Windows", or "I want to play game X" or "I want to use the enterprise version which doesn't have baked-in ads").
- Minor49er 2y agoIt's probably an inverse of non-pirates who consider it a moral obligation to pay for a digital copy of something that does not diminish or remove the original
- warkdarrior 2y agoNot all of us agree that artists should charge for their products.
- bdhdbebebeb 2y agoNot everyone agrees supermarkets should charge for groceries.
- gverrilla 2y agohttps://web.archive.org/web/20060201064815/https://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,68609,00.html https://web.archive.org/web/20060201064815/https://www.wired...
- bdhdbebebeb 2y agoI love Spain. They know how to do anarchy.
- hiatus 2y agoIt is interesting that the rebellion against consumer capitalism is more consumption.
- Gormo 2y agoMost people do, since groceries are physical, rival goods to which natural property rights apply. But if it were possible to make copies of groceries while leaving the originals intact, far fewer people would argue against that on the same grounds. They might make other, unrelated arguments against copying, but moral principles applicable to physical property wouldn't be relevant.
- zaptheimpaler 2y agoThat gives you the right to be an artist and not charge for your own products, not the right to steal from other artists who have differing beliefs.
- slightwinder 2y agoPersonal assumption, but probably not everyone lives in a country where they can pay Bandcamp. And from personal experience I can say, sometimes people want or have to consume media offline, because of unreliable or slow network or expensive providers. But this doesn't mean that they won't pay later if they like it.