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Good article, but it kinda misses the fact that his beloved works are unavailable to probabl 50% of its audience through legal means. If the choices are wait a

Good article, but it kinda misses the fact that his beloved works are unavailable to probabl 50% of its audience through legal means. If the choices are wait a year or more then pay triple the US price for a DVD or pirate it, what choice will users take?

PebblesHD 13y ago
This is in no way endorcing piracy, I enjoy all my media through Netflix
- techdragon 13y ago
  As someone that cant get legally sign up for Netflix and doesnt wish to circumvent their GeoBlock just to pay for it... A geoblock which is just another kind of DRM... Yeah... Sorry cant sympathise in the slightest... I want to pay for content but if you wont shut up and take my money, no sympathy.
lafar6502 13y ago
You certainly got that sense of entitlement, that the users MUST be able to access all artists' creations. Why? Maybe the creators are fine with giving access only to those who pay? Some users will choose to pirate, of course, and some will not buy. Fine - why fight for it? This is not limiting access to food or fresh air, just some freaking movies you can live without.
- Khaine 13y ago
  Because TV and Movies enter the common culture. How often do people quote, or reference something from a film or movie? New movies and TV shows are often the first thing spoken about around the water cooler. If you cannot access these things easily and affordably through legal means, are you just going to wait, and miss out on interacting with your peers? Or would you just pirate it? What do you think people do? Artists make works that are supposed to be enjoyed by the public. Why make art if no-one can enjoy it?
  - lafar6502 13y ago
    Oh really? I don't watch TV and rarely see 'mainstream' movies or listen to 'popular' music. And don't suffer any isolation symptoms because of that. Culture is not about watching evertyhing that's new and hot. There's enough of it accessible without having to pirate anything. 'Free for all' means turning everything into commercials and concentrating on mass market only. PS think about games and what happened to them in the free or almost-free mass market, centralized and totally controlled by Apple or Google. Everything was simplified and stupified beyond reason and the revenue comes from tricking users into additional payments or from commercials. And creators not wanting to play according to Apple's rules have will be fked and refused access to the platform, which is a new for of censorship. Generally it's now better to make 100 shitty games than one great and I dont want the same to happen to books, music or movies.

PebblesHD 13y ago

This is in no way endorcing piracy, I enjoy all my media through Netflix

techdragon 13y ago
As someone that cant get legally sign up for Netflix and doesnt wish to circumvent their GeoBlock just to pay for it... A geoblock which is just another kind of DRM... Yeah... Sorry cant sympathise in the slightest... I want to pay for content but if you wont shut up and take my money, no sympathy.

lafar6502 13y ago

You certainly got that sense of entitlement, that the users MUST be able to access all artists' creations. Why? Maybe the creators are fine with giving access only to those who pay? Some users will choose to pirate, of course, and some will not buy. Fine - why fight for it? This is not limiting access to food or fresh air, just some freaking movies you can live without.

Khaine 13y ago
Because TV and Movies enter the common culture. How often do people quote, or reference something from a film or movie? New movies and TV shows are often the first thing spoken about around the water cooler. If you cannot access these things easily and affordably through legal means, are you just going to wait, and miss out on interacting with your peers? Or would you just pirate it? What do you think people do? Artists make works that are supposed to be enjoyed by the public. Why make art if no-one can enjoy it?
- lafar6502 13y ago
  Oh really? I don't watch TV and rarely see 'mainstream' movies or listen to 'popular' music. And don't suffer any isolation symptoms because of that. Culture is not about watching evertyhing that's new and hot. There's enough of it accessible without having to pirate anything. 'Free for all' means turning everything into commercials and concentrating on mass market only. PS think about games and what happened to them in the free or almost-free mass market, centralized and totally controlled by Apple or Google. Everything was simplified and stupified beyond reason and the revenue comes from tricking users into additional payments or from commercials. And creators not wanting to play according to Apple's rules have will be fked and refused access to the platform, which is a new for of censorship. Generally it's now better to make 100 shitty games than one great and I dont want the same to happen to books, music or movies.