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I have had people pirate things I created, and even though it was hypocritical of me, I got frustrated because it cost me so much time and money to make. It fel

I have had people pirate things I created, and even though it was hypocritical of me, I got frustrated because it cost me so much time and money to make. It felt like people just pirate everything without consideration for whether it is actually expensive to buy, or hard to obtain, or if it was made by a giant, faceless corporation, or me and my friend Charlie after work and on weekends. There is a pipeline that just puts everything out there, no introspection, no questions asked. It's not conceivable to me that we'd ever run into a situation where a pirate group would say "it'd be wrong of us to rip this and distribute it." It just wouldn't ever happen. I said it was hypocritical, because I pirate a lot of stuff myself. I think it's great, it lets me be exposed to so much more than I would otherwise. So, I'm not complaining. But, I'm also not rushing out to spend another year making something small and personal just to have it show up on torrent sites a couple days later. Not sure what to do about that. Ultimately, I guess it comes down to people's choices, but people don't think too hard about the ethics of this stuff—I know I don't, 99% of the time.

JohnFen 2y ago
> It felt like people just pirate everything Yes, there is a group of people for whom pirating stuff is an actual hobby. They still exist today -- I know a couple of them. And I'm glad that I do. I know that if I can't find something I really want, there's a very good chance that one of them has it.
- Balgair 2y ago
  https://old.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/ https://old.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/ Also, though I'm having trouble finding the source, I do remember Orwell publishing a preface to Animal Farm (?), but only in illegal bootleg copies behind the Iron Curtain. I remember him saying something like 'I'd only ever give a preface to those copies, because I knew those were the people that would give a damn to reading it'. Now, I know there is a preface that Orwell published in the West to Animal Farm, but I just can't shake that it was Animal Farm that he did this illegal publishing for. If anyone know a bit better what I'm talking about or remembers the story better, please let me know here.
pathartl 2y ago
It'd be nice if there were a way for me to contribute directly to a film as if I had bought a ticket or something. I watch a lot of film, and I absolutely would pay after watching many of them. Oftentimes I also find myself at the end of something and thinking "meh, that was okay" and then days, weeks, months later that film has stuck with me for some reason. I don't have the money to buy a Blu-ray or digital copy all the time, but for those that stick with me I have no problem chipping in $10 or so.

JohnFen 2y ago

> It felt like people just pirate everything Yes, there is a group of people for whom pirating stuff is an actual hobby. They still exist today -- I know a couple of them. And I'm glad that I do. I know that if I can't find something I really want, there's a very good chance that one of them has it.

Balgair 2y ago
https://old.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/ https://old.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/ Also, though I'm having trouble finding the source, I do remember Orwell publishing a preface to Animal Farm (?), but only in illegal bootleg copies behind the Iron Curtain. I remember him saying something like 'I'd only ever give a preface to those copies, because I knew those were the people that would give a damn to reading it'. Now, I know there is a preface that Orwell published in the West to Animal Farm, but I just can't shake that it was Animal Farm that he did this illegal publishing for. If anyone know a bit better what I'm talking about or remembers the story better, please let me know here.

pathartl 2y ago

It'd be nice if there were a way for me to contribute directly to a film as if I had bought a ticket or something. I watch a lot of film, and I absolutely would pay after watching many of them. Oftentimes I also find myself at the end of something and thinking "meh, that was okay" and then days, weeks, months later that film has stuck with me for some reason. I don't have the money to buy a Blu-ray or digital copy all the time, but for those that stick with me I have no problem chipping in $10 or so.