• milkisklim@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    The easiest way to stop piracy is not by putting antipiracy technology to work. It’s by giving those people a service that’s better than what they’re receiving from the pirates

    Gabe Newell

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      10 months ago

      It’s so true though. I have been learning piano and the price for sheet music is outrageous. I was going to do the right thing and pay for it but everything is a subscription or a book. I’m not buying 10 other songs just for one I really want.

      In seconds I had thousands of PDF’s at my disposal. I have so much sheet music now I don’t have enough ink to print it all out.

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      10 months ago

      There’s a structural problem - it may be beneficial for companies as some coherent entities to provide such a service, but for individuals inside them, like various kinds of sales, management and so on, it’s not.

      In every case where such an elusive thing as potential popularity of something conflicts with a less elusive thing like control they have in streaming services, the latter wins. Because what makes its makers rewarded on their job wins.