| Last night I performed a private concert in my house with an entrance charge. You did not attend. Were you "stealing from creators"? If you walk past a busker on the street without dropping a coin in the hat, are you "stealing from creators"? In the former hypothetical, this is clearly absurd. You didn't ask for the concert, you didn't even attend, so of course you were not obliged to pay for it. This would be like Netflix telling you you are "stealing from creators" by not watching their shows. In the latter hypothetical, you did not ask for the performance but you heard it nonetheless. You may have even enjoyed it. The busker has costs that you did not meet like food, clothes and equipment costs. How could you not support that? If Netflix follows the "private concert" model, YouTube very clearly follows the busker model. If it wasn't in public, most of these creators would be like me playing the concert in my home: nobody would attend. They need to be in public. You can't be in public and force the public to pay. |