burningonyx: nillia: My amazing wife @stuffinfluffcooking (& of @askrubynsapphire) and her t
burningonyx: nillia: My amazing wife @stuffinfluffcooking (& of @askrubynsapphire) and her tweets are both succinct and right. Please think about it, and the artists you claim to love. The thing about online piracy is: 1. People who pirate stuff online are actually *more* likely to buy a legit copy than people who don’t pirate. It’s a bit like “try it before you buy it.” 2. Some people pirate shit because they can’t fucking afford to buy the thing in the first place, and can’t find the thing in a library, so the artist and publisher aren’t losing any money from them anyway. And at least via piracy, these people might find something they like enough to save up towards buying legit copies. 3. Most of the money for legit stuff goes to greedy corporations rather than the artists anyway. 4. Maybe if the capitalists would pay people a fucking living wage, there’d be a lot less piracy because people would actually have money to spend on frivolous things rather than needing every cent just to survive to the next paycheck. I mean, the majority of people pirating stuff are either trying it before buying it, or would be paying for it if they could afford to. Very few people pirate for the hell of it. I mean hell, I’m so poor the only reason I don’t pirate ebooks I want to read is because every website offering them has been utter shit in my experience, so I just get it from the library or I don’t fucking bother. Nothing here you’ve said has justified your entitlement to free art. You are not entitled to free art, no matter how many “fucking”s you use in your post.This book cost $7, asshat. If you want people to get paid a living wage maybe don’t scream and cry when you get called out for opting to straight-up steal from artists instead of paying $7? I mean I KNOW children’s book illustration is an INCREDIBLY LUCRATIVE AND STABLE BUSINESS and a kids book about an LGBT+ relationship faces NO FINANCIAL OR CENSORSHIP DIFFICULTIES WHATSOEVER but hey, the capitalists gotta eat too!PS you’re STILL not entitled to free stuff!! Even if you reply to this!! Still not! -- source link
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