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[–] deaf_fish@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

I feel bad for the artists.

[–] Reality_Suit@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago

People are willing to pay at least some amount if priced appropriately. Otherwise, we're going to take it for free. Remember, companies we're reporting record PROFITS during a pandemic when most people were struggling.

https://www.vendavo.com/all/willingness-to-pay/

https://fortune.com/2022/03/31/us-companies-record-profits-2021-price-hikes-inflation/

[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Blatantly wrong. Netflix started producing their own shows because studios suddenly realized they could make more money charging for their own back catalog rather than leasing it to Netflix.

Allowing production companies to be distribution companies / streamers is inherently problematic given that copyright is based around monopolies.

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[–] shikitohno@lemm.ee 19 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Even ignoring P2P predecessors to torrenting like Kazaa or Napster, there was still piracy early on. I guess it counts as piracy adjacent, but I got started buying bootleg anime boxsets off ebay, because the actual boxsets were like $200/season, and minimum wage was under $7/hour when I started, but I could get the same season on three DVDs from Hong Kong for $30. It wasn't too long after that, I found out about fansubs and started spending far too much time on IRC, downloading anime, manga and music off XDCC bots. I wasn't allowed to use bittorrent on the family machine, because "That's like Kazaa, we'll get sued into ruin," but those bots in fansub group channels were fine, especially since it wasn't immediately apparent looking at mIRC that I had one running too.

[–] PagPag@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

minimum wage was under $7/hour when I started

It’s currently at $7.25 so think about how much you could afford now!

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