What problem does sharing media contribute to, exactly? How many artists are starving because a fan downloaded their discography, vs the sheer amount of money owed to artists in unpaid royalties and “creative accounting”?
And this is happening to stars; it’s got to be worse for smaller artists.
Artists make money from their fans. Fans discover artists through media sharing. If nobody shared media, I wouldn’t have discovered my favourite bands and spent hundreds of dollars on tickets over the course of my life, or my favourite authors whose books I have bought as gifts many times over, or when I was younger my favourite kinds of games, that I would go on to spend tens of thousands of dollars on over the course of my life (and not just on Steam!).
From where I’m sitting, it sure does seem like it contributes - but not to problems.
Media conglomerates insist that if people can’t afford their prices, then they should go without their product. I’m doing exactly that to show a point - namely, that they’re not as necessary for a good living as they think they are.
I mean nobody is going to give you a medal for doing it so why deprive yourself?
The feeling of smug superiority is its own reward.
More like the feeling of not contributing to the problem, if anything I’m worse-placed for not knowing “general culture” references
What problem does sharing media contribute to, exactly? How many artists are starving because a fan downloaded their discography, vs the sheer amount of money owed to artists in unpaid royalties and “creative accounting”?
And this is happening to stars; it’s got to be worse for smaller artists.
Artists make money from their fans. Fans discover artists through media sharing. If nobody shared media, I wouldn’t have discovered my favourite bands and spent hundreds of dollars on tickets over the course of my life, or my favourite authors whose books I have bought as gifts many times over, or when I was younger my favourite kinds of games, that I would go on to spend tens of thousands of dollars on over the course of my life (and not just on Steam!).
From where I’m sitting, it sure does seem like it contributes - but not to problems.
Media conglomerates insist that if people can’t afford their prices, then they should go without their product. I’m doing exactly that to show a point - namely, that they’re not as necessary for a good living as they think they are.