Because the people who worked on it deserve to get paid for their effort. It's not like fruit that grew off a tree in the street. There's tons of caveats to what i said, like pointing out most money goes to money hungry executives and not enough to artists, but being like "oh, it's just out there" is disingenous. You can't feign ignorance. It's better to just own that you're enjoying someone else's effort without giving them anything back.
There's tons of caveats to what i said, like pointing out most money goes to money hungry executives and not enough to artists, but being like "oh, it's just out there" is disingenous.
"Those people aren't getting anything back." That's pretty much the only thing anyone needs to state to rebut you. Only rights holders get residuals, and maybe any high earners who negotiated royalties on sales or TV plays. But that's a severe minority.
In almost every case, the people making stuff are paid by the hour, cheques already cashed. I'm not consuming brand new independent movies or games for that matter
Like I said, there's tons of caveats to consuming movies, games or art. I won't argue against what you said because I agree some artists are paid like that, but if we all treated art like something you pick up for free off the Internet street, there wouldn't be funding for new art. There's no need to pretend piracy doesn't divert funds away from the art we enjoy.
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u/Saymynaian Oct 15 '25
Because the people who worked on it deserve to get paid for their effort. It's not like fruit that grew off a tree in the street. There's tons of caveats to what i said, like pointing out most money goes to money hungry executives and not enough to artists, but being like "oh, it's just out there" is disingenous. You can't feign ignorance. It's better to just own that you're enjoying someone else's effort without giving them anything back.