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The battle is alive and well, pirating has never been easier and of this high quality. Support the creators however you want but go foster an environment aroun
by xandrius 4mo ago
The battle is alive and well, pirating has never been easier and of this high quality.
Support the creators however you want but go foster an environment around your friends and family that there are alternatives to paying evil companies who will remove your access to content willy nilly.
- locao 4mo agoThe problem today it's hard to convince even myself to pay the storage premium, but I 100% agree with you.
- xandrius 4mo agoPremium? Sure things are more expensive but you can get 1TB hdd for 25-30 eur. You don't need an ssd and I'm sure you can find second hand drives even cheaper (or larger). Starting a subscription is money down the drain.
- account42 3mo agoA 1TB HDD doesn't store that many high bit-rate 4K movies.
- wilg 4mo agoYou actually have to support the creators however THEY want if you want access, not however YOU want. I suspect you're not actually supporting all the creators of the things you watch via piracy!
- alt227 4mo agoCreators are often happy that their art is being watched regardless of the source and whether they are making money from it. https://www.screendaily.com/news/piracy-is-the-most-successful-form-of-distribution-says-werner-herzog-/5138586.article https://www.screendaily.com/news/piracy-is-the-most-successf... Its the money behind them that cares about restricting access to bleed every penny they can out of it.
- wilg 4mo agoThat’s an excuse, not universally applicable, and not even well supported by your own link. > Herzog continued. “I don’t like it because I would like to earn some money with my films. But if someone like you steals my films through the internet or whatever, fine, you have my blessing. He’d rather you didn’t. And I bet you’re not checking every artist. Just be honest and say you don’t want to pay, don’t act like you’re Robin Hood.
- alt227 3mo agoNot sure why you are directing this at me personly, I dont pirate anything. However I have had experience with many people in the industry who would rather their media reached a wider audience, regardless of how much money it makes. If you dont like my link, you can always google your own. Or here, have a few more from a quick google: https://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/hollywood-director-encourages-pirating-of-his-movie-1.3720859 https://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/hollywood-dir... https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/10/hollywood-director-piracy-is-necessary-and-doesnt-hurt-revenues https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/10/hollywood... https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/22/technology/22iht-godard.html https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/22/technology/22iht-godard.h...
- wilg 3mo agoDoesn't change my point, you're generalizing from a tiny number of people to justify not paying everyone.
- xandrius 4mo agoThis perspective has been beaten down to death but, just so you know, whenever you went to see a movie at friend's house, you also didn't contribute and were in fact pirating the content.
- dd8601fn 4mo agoNah. That’s already accounted for in home vs public performance rules.
- Telaneo 4mo ago> You actually have to support the creators however THEY want if you want access, not however YOU want. No, I don't. > I suspect you're not actually supporting all the creators of the things you watch via piracy! I don't actually want to support most of them. The few I care about get donations.
- wilg 3mo agoYou do if you want to be seen as a good person. You can be a bad person if you want to be.
- Telaneo 3mo agoI don't care about being seen as a good person. I do care about being a good person (at least to the extent I am able). I don't see how copyright relates to my (or anyone's) character. You can be a good or bad person who copies files, and you can also be a good or bad person who doesn't.