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If your neighbor can make money siphoning gas out of your tank and selling it to strangers, why can't you?

• Karunamon 14y ago
  Oh look, another flawed comparison that doesn't take into account the realities of digital distribution.
  • danielweber 14y ago
    "Digital distribution" aren't magic words that make the production costs go away. In fact, they make production costs the most expensive part of the whole proposition. Business 1 produces content and sells it in one venue. Business 2 takes all of business 1's content and sells it in another venue. And people are wondering why business 1 cannot just use business 2's model instead. I don't believe that people here are really so dense as to not understand the problems with that scenario.
    • Karunamon 14y ago
      I don't believe that people here are really so dense as to not understand the problems with that scenario Nor do I believe that you are so dense as to conflate copying with theft, so can we dispense with the comparisons that wouldn't look out of place in *AA propaganda?
  • rprasad 14y ago
    As with most forms of media, the distribution costs are a small fraction of the production costs. Film crews, especially good ones, cost money. Post-production crews, especially good ones, cost money. Actors, even bad ones, cost money. The equipment, sets, prop, makeup, computers, and all other physical items that go into making/producing a show cost money.