The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 1 year agoThink of who you're hurting before you consider piracy.startrek.websiteimagemessage-square212fedilinkarrow-up12.33Karrow-down147
arrow-up12.29Karrow-down1imageThink of who you're hurting before you consider piracy.startrek.websiteThe Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square212fedilink
minus-squareSokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·1 year agoPiracy probably generates more revenue than it destroys.
minus-squarewokehobbit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down30·1 year agoFuck me what an insanely stupid comment.
minus-squareCarlo@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up18·1 year agoThere is some data supporting this position.
minus-squareNathanielThomas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoPiracy is usually a market problem. If I find something too inconvenient to access I’ll pirate it. Put it all in a convenient place and I’ll pay. But also, piracy generates interest in something and makes it more popular overall, leading to sales.
Piracy probably generates more revenue than it destroys.
Fuck me what an insanely stupid comment.
There is some data supporting this position.
Piracy is usually a market problem. If I find something too inconvenient to access I’ll pirate it. Put it all in a convenient place and I’ll pay.
But also, piracy generates interest in something and makes it more popular overall, leading to sales.