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In what world is everyone able or willing to pirate? I think your ad-absurdum is just absurd here.
by exe34 5d ago
In what world is everyone able or willing to pirate? I think your ad-absurdum is just absurd here.
- Brendinooo 5d ago>Duplicating a video doesn’t deprive another person of anything This was the claim. I said what I said to point out that if everyone acted on this belief for a feature film, there would be a thousand people who ultimately don't get compensated for their work. You are right: not everyone is able or willing to pirate. Piracy is only able to exist because of these people who pay for art. That's definitely true, and definitely different than the claim that no one is being deprived of anything.
- exe34 5d agoWhat are they being deprived of when somebody who was never going to pay makes a copy?
- Brendinooo 5d agoThe motive of the pirate doesn't matter: they are deprived from the revenue that was circumvented.
- exe34 5d agoNo they can't be deprived of imaginary revenue.
- Brendinooo 5d agoThey are deprived of the payment they asked for in exchange for someone viewing their work. Also, "the pirate was never going to pay" is a far more imaginary thing here; it's an unproven claim (especially since it's often paired with "pirates would pay if it was cheaper/more convenient to access). Regardless, it strikes me as a particularly arrogant kind of entitlement for you to violate someone's terms to enjoy their thing while telling them you think it's worthless.
- exe34 5d agoI'm personally happy to pay to watch without adverts. I'm not willing to pay for adverts. If they only sell it with adverts, then I'm never going to pay for it. Whether or not I watch it, they don't lose a dime.
- mahboi 5d agoSome were going to pay. They already want to watch the show badly enough to jump through the hoops of pirating it.