RE: Morality and downloading
April 14, 2015 at 10:36 pm
(This post was last modified: April 14, 2015 at 10:46 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Benny., my man...gimme a link to their stuff and I'll steal their shit too. 
(so long as it doesn't interrupt my Britney feed)
-Theres a third option..it works. Artists do put their stuff up for unrestricted download and allow the consumer to pay whatever they feel is proper. Surprising to some, it works, and often enough it brings in more profits. Apparently, people are more easily manipulated into parting with their cash by their better natures than by means of black box extortion.
Then take a look at crowdfunded games like Star Citizen. They've brought in more without actually providing the product than most do -by- providing the product. IP is rough - I'm actually not much of a p2per myself - but I understand why people are...and it;s difficult to look down my nose at them. If you're looking for absolute truth (or even a lack thereof), in a moral sense.....perhaps IP isn't the most lucrative mine to swing a pick into? IP itself is currently an issue of consensus, so if piracy were also an issue of consensus (and it appears to be)..they'd be on level ground - on that count, wouldn;t they? Who's to decide, other than "the committee" which is more right or more wrong than the other - and upon what grounds?
I suppose that's your question though..so....:backs away slowly:
(so long as it doesn't interrupt my Britney feed)
-Theres a third option..it works. Artists do put their stuff up for unrestricted download and allow the consumer to pay whatever they feel is proper. Surprising to some, it works, and often enough it brings in more profits. Apparently, people are more easily manipulated into parting with their cash by their better natures than by means of black box extortion.
Then take a look at crowdfunded games like Star Citizen. They've brought in more without actually providing the product than most do -by- providing the product. IP is rough - I'm actually not much of a p2per myself - but I understand why people are...and it;s difficult to look down my nose at them. If you're looking for absolute truth (or even a lack thereof), in a moral sense.....perhaps IP isn't the most lucrative mine to swing a pick into? IP itself is currently an issue of consensus, so if piracy were also an issue of consensus (and it appears to be)..they'd be on level ground - on that count, wouldn;t they? Who's to decide, other than "the committee" which is more right or more wrong than the other - and upon what grounds?
I suppose that's your question though..so....:backs away slowly:
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