I love to see people saying "Why are you dumb authors mad about piracy when it's your publishers that are the real predatory content thieves? Why aren't you organizing against them - or, better yet, going independent?" Near-total confidence born of near-total ignorance
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I've actually been fairly pro piracy over the years, though for whatever random reason mostly re: music (before streaming became a thing). But the vitriol lobbed at Wending over this blows my mind. Anyhow, it's not really an analogous situation to Lars/Napster I don't think.
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In what reasonable way could it be any more perfectly analogous?
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Napster came out in 1999, iTunes didn't appear for ~2 yrs. A lot of people could justify downloading one song v buying a whole album on CD because there wasn't a legal alternative available w/the same format and convenience. "I have no choice but piracy" Not the case now(or then)
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Yes, 20 years ago I WAS an entitled 20-something jerk. 20 more years in the world taught me a whole lot about how I was an entitled jerk before.
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