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Originally Posted by HarryT
Do you not think that it's true to say that the fact that so-called "piracy" enables people to get content for free only works because the majority of people do pay for what they consume? If nobody paid, there would be no works to pirate. Pirates are leeching from the honest purchasers.
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No it is not true to say and in fact it is a complete fabrication. 'Pirates' as you call them, but I will call them what they truly are, people, will reward what they deem as worthy of reward. The only reason we have the uproar now is that we're in transition from object models to non-object models of culture. A balance will come, but it cannot be enforced. I like to think of digital culture using a busker analogy.
If I see someone busking in the street, maybe performing a sterling rendition of an old Neil Young song, or maybe their own song that's a lot like Neil Young, I might pay that busker whatever I can afford because I've enjoyed the performance. Maybe I won't because I don't have any money on me. Maybe I don't like Neil Young and the busker irritates me as I pass by. Maybe I love Neil Young and the rendition offends me. Maybe I don't like Neil Young or the busker's voice but I admire that she's out there giving it her all and I give her some money as a reward. Whatever the outcome, pay, don't pay, like, don't like, the culture remains and is available to all within earshot of the busker. The money is not the goal, the creation of culture is, the pefromance is. Everyone who passes by the busker gets to hear the song, but it is up to the passers by to give that song a monetary value, or not, as the case may be. The performer must take her chances that she is recieved well by the community. If not, then she still got to peform and do something she loved. Everyone wins.
