[xandrius]

The battle is alive and well, pirating has never been easier and of this high quality.

Support the creators however you want but go foster an environment around your friends and family that there are alternatives to paying evil companies who will remove your access to content willy nilly.

[wilg]

You actually have to support the creators however THEY want if you want access, not however YOU want. I suspect you're not actually supporting all the creators of the things you watch via piracy!

[alt227]

Creators are often happy that their art is being watched regardless of the source and whether they are making money from it.

https://www.screendaily.com/news/piracy-is-the-most-successf...

Its the money behind them that cares about restricting access to bleed every penny they can out of it.

[wilg]

That’s an excuse, not universally applicable, and not even well supported by your own link.

> Herzog continued. “I don’t like it because I would like to earn some money with my films. But if someone like you steals my films through the internet or whatever, fine, you have my blessing.

He’d rather you didn’t. And I bet you’re not checking every artist. Just be honest and say you don’t want to pay, don’t act like you’re Robin Hood.

[alt227]

Not sure why you are directing this at me personly, I dont pirate anything. However I have had experience with many people in the industry who would rather their media reached a wider audience, regardless of how much money it makes.

If you dont like my link, you can always google your own. Or here, have a few more from a quick google:

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/hollywood-dir...

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/10/hollywood...

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/22/technology/22iht-godard.h...

[wilg]

Doesn't change my point, you're generalizing from a tiny number of people to justify not paying everyone.

[xandrius]

This perspective has been beaten down to death but, just so you know, whenever you went to see a movie at friend's house, you also didn't contribute and were in fact pirating the content.

[dd8601fn]

Nah. That’s already accounted for in home vs public performance rules.

[Telaneo]

> You actually have to support the creators however THEY want if you want access, not however YOU want.

No, I don't.

> I suspect you're not actually supporting all the creators of the things you watch via piracy!

I don't actually want to support most of them. The few I care about get donations.

[wilg]

You do if you want to be seen as a good person. You can be a bad person if you want to be.

[Telaneo]

I don't care about being seen as a good person. I do care about being a good person (at least to the extent I am able).

I don't see how copyright relates to my (or anyone's) character. You can be a good or bad person who copies files, and you can also be a good or bad person who doesn't.

[locao]

The problem today it's hard to convince even myself to pay the storage premium, but I 100% agree with you.

[xandrius]

Premium? Sure things are more expensive but you can get 1TB hdd for 25-30 eur. You don't need an ssd and I'm sure you can find second hand drives even cheaper (or larger).

Starting a subscription is money down the drain.

[account42]

A 1TB HDD doesn't store that many high bit-rate 4K movies.