But even people who like making stuff would be able to devote more time to their work if they were given the means to sustain themselves through their work without needing to work another job, wouldn’t they?
But even people who like making stuff would be able to devote more time to their work if they were given the means to sustain themselves through their work without needing to work another job, wouldn’t they?
The main question for this argument that piracy does a lot of good is: are the people who are pirating things using it for this purpose? I don’t think there’s an ethical conflict for me to say that I am happy for piracy to exist for software that is otherwise unplayable, but think that piracy should not exist for new games that just come out.
Someone quoted a study that within the first 14 years is where most of the profitability comes from. Maybe I’d be okay with people pirating anything that’s been around for 14 years, but I think most people who keep using this “pirating is good” line won’t agree with this compromise.
You know what? You just inspired me to do it. Definitely cluttering up my day and making me scroll way more than I should/had to.
The two examples in your later paragraph are wholly different cases: the second is a completely different use-case and the first one is actually less morally unambiguous than you think.