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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I25UeVXrEHQ
I'm aware :] But my question remains.
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I'm aware :] But my question remains.
Because the dangers of information ownership seems to be the single solitary thing the guy has ever been right about, ever, as evidenced in part by that video which I thought sufficed as a standalone answer.
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Have you ever listened to the radio, gone to a theater, been to a nightclub or music venue, watched a movie on television? Of course there is a business use case for movies and music. A theater or TV station could pirate movies and show them for profit. A nightclub or DJ service or radio station that plays songs is running a business based on that music. You asked "how would you feel if someone violated the GPL". My…
>piracy has a few minimal negative effects, many positive ones If you really believe that you should read this article by a developer who ran an experiment on pirating his own game [1]. 94% of day 1 users had pirated the game and were not contributing to the fixed costs of generating the IP. Not all users were going to pay full price, but the developer could have run discounts later to capture most of those users. Th…