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Except for the long-term downside you're conveniently ignoring, where the producers of the content don't get paid?
by sbarre 13y ago
Except for the long-term downside you're conveniently ignoring, where the producers of the content don't get paid?
- freehunter 13y agoAlso tens of thousands of dollars in fines plus possible jail time.
- gcb1 13y agoi think you missed his point completely. there is a industry with a lousy product, that can make a much better offering instantly with very little effort, but they are to afraid to do so. the consumer who opt for piracy is not actively choosing to harm the content creators. but the ecosystem that preys on those content creators is killing itself by preventing people from even buying their products with comfort, and in doing so is harming the content creators. think about all the bands that started to distribute their own music. nin is way better off. as well as their fans. the only casuality is the record labels and others that used to prey on the band, who used to provide a benefit for the fans when distribution was physical. now, all they do is screw the content creators and fans in a vain attempt to remain relevant and siphoning dollars as they are used to.
- enneff 13y agoNIN's latest album was published by Columbia Records.
- bediger4000 13y agoWait a minute. I see what you did there. Corporations get to think like the parent article (i.e. offshore programmers and call centers are cheaper, and plenty of outright abuses of labor and customers). Why don't regular consumers? Consumers have to account for morality, but corporations don't? That sounds fishy.