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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
That's because you're a not a content creator whose very livelihood depends on being paid legally and properly.
If your income was generated by your Intellectual Property, I'm sure you'd have a different view.
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I'm sure you are right.
If I was a musician, I would be upset that you can longer make a single that hits the top of the charts, package it with 40 minutes of B grade songs, and sell that album to millions of individuals for $20 (probably more like $30 inflation adjusted).
Those days aren't coming back. Neither is VHS tape.
Going back to my Disney example: if the only way to get a certain Disney movie legally was by a monthly subscription, I would never do that. So Disney would never get any money from me. That is true whether I pirate the movie or never watch it. It's not like making a digital copy costs any money. So it is different than say shop lifting an item from a brick and mortar store.
Is pirating the movie illegal. Absolutely. And I would like to have a system where people who are capable of making content that I want to watch have a financial incentive to do so.
But they should be realistic about human behavior. Given how easy it is to pirate movies, if the only way their content is available is by a monthly subscription, then they should realize they are going to get more piracy than if the movie was also available for a one-off sale.
If they want to minimize piracy (and perhaps they have other priorities), they should be more consumer friendly. The music industry has mostly done this.