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The price for being a political proxy of the US is high
I question this statement. First two hits:
* https://getd.libs.uga.edu/pdfs/welter_brennan_s_201212_ma.pd... Adding a movie to Netflix reduces piracy directly
* https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/jeborg/v209y2023icp334-347.htm... Removing movies from Netflix increases piracy.
There's plenty more where that came from. Netflix actually reduces piracy. Not the other way around.
We shall see if true.
cancel culture from the right is coming from POTUS.
can you tell me if you think there's any difference at all between the two?
Netflix, Spotify, and Valve (Steam) didn’t succeed because of copyright enforcement. They won because they made paying for content easier, faster, and better than piracy.
Piracy isn’t hard, but these services solved the friction: instant access, high quality, fair pricing, and features that free alternatives couldn’t match. That’s why they still thrive today.
[1] https://www.escapistmagazine.com/valves-gabe-newell-says-pir...
Steam is an unusual case, because games are running software and can't be trivially reproduced in their unencoded form. The publishers can include copy protection, network connection requirements, or even run essential parts of game logic on their own servers. So free downloads became a much worse experience over time.
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Information/access to data/works should be totally free and there should be other ways to support the creators.
For example I could easily download MP3s of music and MP4s of series/movies but I don't: simply because of two reasons:
- I want to support the artist (to an extent as possible) - Using Spotify/Apple Music/Netflix is much more convenient with a totally acceptable monthly fee.
I know the article is not about entertainment but a library, same rules should apply.
And if one wants to train an LLM, let them: at its essence it's just a person who has read all the books (and access to information should be free), just the person is a machine instead of a biological human being.
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Netflix built their entire streaming business model during a time when piracy was so widespread it was almost as good as legal. They succeeded precisely by proving that people would pay for good service even when free options were readily available. They're a textbook example of a business that thrives by being better than free!
Despite huge investments in enforcement, movie piracy never waned. The reason it declined? Netflix. Why is it now seeing a bit of a resurgence? Also Netflix, actually, or rather the fact that people have splintered the streaming landscape.
Here's some articles from Forbes at the time. [1] [2] [3] and an interview with the Netflix CEO [4]
People following the Netflix/piracy story at the time saw it like this: Netflix doesn't necessarily need to care if piracy is legal or not, because it removes most of the incentive to pirate. People tried a lot of things against piracy, until Netflix came along and that was the thing that actually worked. Piracy goes down where Netflix is available. I've also provided enough sources to explain why: Piracy is a service problem [3]. Netflix provides the missing service, so people don't feel like they need to pirate anymore.
In a world where piracy was fully legal, Netflix would still exist, and still drive down piracy. This is Netflix's entire reason for success!
[1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthickey/2013/05/07/netflix-w...
[2] https://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2014/01/24/whatever-...
[3] https://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2012/02/03/you-will-...
[4] https://www.stuff.tv/news/netflixs-ted-sarandos-talks-arrest... (under the heading "what are you doing to combat piracy?" )