Comment on College Student Arrested for Selling Bocchi the Rock! Anime Keychains (She Made Total Profit Of 16$)
hypnicjerk@lemmy.world 2 days ago
While piracy site owners responsible for billions in losses roam free, this case saw a suspect jailed for a minor offense.
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lmao, not how piracy works
lazyViking@lemmy.world 2 days ago
? It is exactly how piracy works? What do you mean?
Sanctus@lemmy.world 2 days ago
You can’t count all those as missed sales. Plenty of us were never going to buy it anyway. It also doesnt destroy stock. They can still sell their shit the same after we pirate it.
lazyViking@lemmy.world 2 days ago
“We were never going to buy it anyway” is a weak argument, considering that the explosion of Netflix, Crunchyroll, and other streaming services (before they turned to shit) proves otherwise.
If piracy didn’t cause financial harm, why did legal streaming platforms dramatically reduce piracy rates when they offered a convenient alternative? The answer is simple: People do pay when given the right option.
And the “it doesn’t destroy stock” excuse? That’s like saying sneaking into a concert isn’t theft because the band still plays for everyone else. It’s still taking something without paying for it.
Sanctus@lemmy.world 1 day ago
How does a streaming service, where you pay a blanket cost instead of choosing individual media, prove people were willing to buy individual media? Do you think the advent of streaming services maybe offer3d the convenience of a bunch of stuff right there to go, instead of having to compile it yourself? I think thats where the true value was.
Rolder@reddthat.com 2 days ago
While the number is absolutely very exaggerated, they are indeed losing potential sale revenue.
AkashicOwl@lemmy.world 1 day ago
People need to stop seeing everything in black and white and put themselves in other’s shoes. I’m not siding with anyone. I buy and I don’t.
But if you were the creator, what would you think about your reasoning?
djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 hours ago
Hi, creator here, I license all my music under Creative Commons BY because I don’t agree with the concept of copyright and want people to freely use and enjoy my music. I also don’t really “sell” my work, I just ask for a suggested donation. I’d argue a lot of artists have a similar desire for their work to be spread as far as possible, and shared with as many as possible. Most of the actual money in the music industry goes to corpo suits who specifically want to restrict the ability for people to interact with my music, so they can enrich themselves. In the U.S. at least, that seems to be the norm of the “art industry.” Greedy executives making huge bucks profiting off the work of creatives, while those creatives rarely see the same profits.
Sanctus@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Oh obviously what this post is about is a gross overreach and devastating to a going life for no reason at all. As a creator I have mulled this. Did I care if people ever snuck into any of my bands shows? No, but we were never famous. Would I care if people pirated the game I’m attempting to make? Once again, I’m not famous or selling anything to the tune of hundreds of thousands, and, I dont care, again. If people are listening to my music, or playing my game, or in anyway just enjoying things I made, I think I could live with that. Its not about the money, its about burring yourself in the collective zeitgeist for ages to come.