Comment on Crunchyroll Faces Cancelation: Why Anime Fans Are Choosing Piracy After Latest Update
utopiah@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoYeah… sweet summer child you might not want to read Chokepoint Capitalism. It’s closer to 99% for BigContent lawyers and right holders and less than 1% for actual creators.
TWeaK@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
Lol, I’m sure it’s a good book and Cory Doctorow is well renowned, but I can’t help but think: “Defeat Chokepoint Capitalism by buying our book right now!”
utopiah@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
And ironically enough even though most book by Doctorow might be DRM-free, maybe this one is, I can’t remember.
If you want I give you a free TL;DR: it’s not just monopolies, it’s also monopsies. When we feel trapped by buying with Amazon we often forget that authors often have the same feeling. So the “chokepoint” is not 1-sided but 2-sided.
eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Cory Doctorow’s works are almost always free to download, just a physical copy costs money.