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I miss broadcasting and only 4 channels. We kind of lost something when we decided we didn't like that model.
14-20 minutes of commercials per hour was lost.
People who pay for legal streaming of music and video are subsidizing the subversion of free speech and privacy on the Internet. The providers use part of their income to lobby politicians for more invasive monitoring of everyone's activities online (so it's easier to catch "pirates") and also fight against any means of preserving one's privacy online. All politicians who suggest to ban encryption online (to protect…
> People who pay for legal streaming of music and video are subsidizing the subversion of free speech and privacy on the Internet. So paying for a service that has cost the provider labor, effort and money is a disservice to society, versus stealing it? The verbal gymnastics are fantastic
I might pay someone $1000 for a fruit basket, but society is certainly served better if I put that money towards someone's lifesaving surgery instead.
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Their government reflects their citizens behaviors. They should be glad the stupid westerners are paying. Content creators need to be paid to have an incentive to make new content, take that away and there is nothing for these leeches to steal.
> Content creators need to be paid to have an incentive to make new content Traditionally they do it so that women will have sex with them. It's not like there was a shortage of new content 1000 years ago.
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> People who pay for legal streaming of music and video are subsidizing the subversion of free speech and privacy on the Internet. So paying for a service that has cost the provider labor, effort and money is a disservice to society, versus stealing it? The verbal gymnastics are fantastic
The same can be said for slave or other unethically produced goods. Should you buy electronics devices made of conflict minerals (usually cobalt from slave child workers in Congo)? By paying for it, you are sponsoring their further exploitation.
Is it possible to even know if some electronics are built/ sourced ethically?
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> Content creators need to be paid to have an incentive to make new content Traditionally they do it so that women will have sex with them. It's not like there was a shortage of new content 1000 years ago.
How many new books, songs, and videos are published everyday now. We have never had more new content.
The bit that really stands out > And since more than a third of all Iraqis are under 14, a considerable ...
The bit that really stands out > And since more than a third of all Iraqis are under 14, a considerable ...