(I never dare voice this opinion, but this is Beehaw so I’ll take a chance. Please be nice!) I understand piracy as a reaction against unfair corporate practice, but in the long run, with enough traction, this kills not only the distributor but the content creators as well.
I worry for the artists and the craft. I don’t want free lunch. Whenever I get free lunch either my attention span is being sold as a product or someone can’t live from their work.
I wish there would be some kind of Bandcamp for series/movies.
As long as there is an audience, people will create art. Most art is created even without an audience at all. Artists are very rarely the ones gaining big profits from their work anyway. The profits are firmly in the hands of companies and shareholders. A platform that is fairer to content creators and their audience would be great, but I also firmly believe that the negative impact of DRM circumvention and media sharing has always been greatly exaggerated by the people creating and selling DRM.
(I never dare voice this opinion, but this is Beehaw so I’ll take a chance. Please be nice!) I understand piracy as a reaction against unfair corporate practice, but in the long run, with enough traction, this kills not only the distributor but the content creators as well.
I worry for the artists and the craft. I don’t want free lunch. Whenever I get free lunch either my attention span is being sold as a product or someone can’t live from their work.
I wish there would be some kind of Bandcamp for series/movies.
As long as there is an audience, people will create art. Most art is created even without an audience at all. Artists are very rarely the ones gaining big profits from their work anyway. The profits are firmly in the hands of companies and shareholders. A platform that is fairer to content creators and their audience would be great, but I also firmly believe that the negative impact of DRM circumvention and media sharing has always been greatly exaggerated by the people creating and selling DRM.
Bandcamp for TV series sounds like a good shout.
AVClub or something that isn’t already taken.