The pirates are back - Anew study from the European Union’s Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) suggest that online piracy has increased for the first time in years. In fact, piracy rates have bee…::We analyze a new study where the EUIPO suggests online piracy is on the increase within the European Union.

  • Mchugho@lemmy.worldEnglish
    415·
    1 year ago

    Make sure nobody gets paid for anything so that nobody bothers making the content you enjoy??

    • thatWeirdGuy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      101·
      1 year ago

      I’d gladly support the content creators, be it with merch, Kickstarter, patreon or any other direct way. Giving the money to the corporate balls of greed is another story

      • Mchugho@lemmy.worldEnglish
        27·
        1 year ago

        If the content creators want to create content without the might of a studio behind them giving financial backing they are free to independently publish their work on Kickstarter. Most aren’t happy to do so.

        You want the studios to support your favourite content creators, but you don’t want to pay the studios. If everybody thought like this the whole system would collapse in a bad way.

        How about instead of seeking out free ways to steal other people’s work you actually seek out the independent creators you are supposedly happy to pay for?