• null@slrpnk.net
    31·
    11 months ago

    An creator doesn’t possess the less by their work being copied.

    Yes, they do. Otherwise, you’d have to pay for it. Without paying for it, you would’t be able to consume it.

    This is false. “Pay for it” or “Pirate it” are not the only 2 options available.

    • Zoolander@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      11 months ago

      This is false. “Pay for it” or “Pirate it” are not the only 2 options available.

      What are the other options then?

      • null@slrpnk.net
        31·
        11 months ago

        Not to consume it at all, obviously.

        Your measurement for converting potential revenue into loss hinges on those being the only 2 options.

        • Zoolander@lemmy.worldEnglish
          12·
          11 months ago

          I have pointed that out as a possibility. Not consuming it at all, though, is not theft precisely because the person isn’t consuming it.

          • null@slrpnk.net
            21·
            11 months ago

            In which case piracy only accounts for lost revenue if and only if the pirate would have 100%, guaranteed, purchased the content if a pirates copy was not available. So your calculation does not work.

            • Zoolander@lemmy.worldEnglish
              12·
              11 months ago

              if a pirates copy was not available.

              This is exactly why my calculation does work. If a pirated copy was not available, they wouldn’t be able to consume the media without paying for it.

              • null@slrpnk.net
                2·
                11 months ago

                But they also wouldn’t have to pay for it. Which is the only way your calculation would work.