• CybranM@feddit.nu
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    12 hours ago

    You have some very entitled opinions, if everyone thought like you no one would create digital media. You’re free to not watch movies or listen to music but it’s pretty asinine to take things without compensating the creator and claim no wrongdoing

    Edit: I assumed it would be pretty obvious I was talking about digital media that needed a budget but apparently not. Of course anyone can make digital media for free in their spare time but you’d need some kind of income to support that hobby. FOSS is the same but you need some income to survive.

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      17 hours ago

      if everyone thought like you no one would create digital media

      This is obviously incorrect.

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      You have some very entitled opinions

      Nah, the entitled opinions are coming from the “pay me, but you can’t own media” folks.

      if everyone thought like you no one would create digital media

      If everyone thought like me, people could buy digital media in convenient formats at reasonable prices, and buying media would probably still be a lot more popular. My Bandcamp library is in the tens of thousands and growing. I support digital purchasing more than most, when it’s done well.

      but it’s pretty asinine to take things without compensating the creator and claim no wrongdoing

      As the whole crux of the thread makes clear, no taking is involved. You might want to go re-read the OP again, speaking of asinine.

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      21 hours ago

      People do it for clout or for love. Sure, the Hollywood blockbusters would cease being made but that might be an overall social good IMO.

      I agree with Brian Eno who describes how, if we had a universal basic income, we would see more artists creating content just for the hell of it. He also explains how there is no “genius”, there is instead what he calls “scenius” where it is an entire artistic scene which breaks new ground but only one or two happen to go viral.

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        12 hours ago

        I assumed it would be pretty obvious I was talking about digital media that needed a budget. Of course anyone can make digital media for free in their spare time but you’d need some kind of income to support that hobby. With UBI that would change