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Is starting massively pirating things the right thing to do? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by StrangeMed@lemmy.world to c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk

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I’ve begun discontinuing many US services in favor of EU ones. However, I’ve noticed that some individuals, instead of simply ceasing to use American products, resorted to illegally downloading everything. While it’s true that the money goes to the US when you pay, it can’t justify disrespecting others’ hard work and effort while still consuming or using their products, and it is also illegal. This is especially true considering that they likely don’t have any direct connection to MAGA. This applies to actors, directors, YouTubers, and many others. We should simply cease using their products without giving them any further consideration.

Edit: adding to the last line, we should give instead more attention to locally and European made creations and products

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[–] nahostdeutschland@feddit.org 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Look up how much money a band will make per stream from Spotify:

Spotify pays artists between $0.003 - $0.005 per stream on average. That works out as an approx revenue split of 70/30 - so that’s 70% to the artist/rights holders and 30% to Spotify. REMEMBER: The rights holders of a song can include; the publisher, songwriter and the master recording owners (i.e. the artist and/or label if they’re signed to one).

So if you listen to your favorite album with 10 tracks, the payout will earn $0.03- $0.05 and the artist has to split that, too. If you really like the album and listen to it 100 times, that will be $3-$5. So maybe go to a concert or buy a vinyl record and everybody will be better of. The impact of you pirating an album and listening to it 10 times is null

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Listening to a track 10x means Spotify says it's worth max $0.05, $0.035 goes to not-Spotify, and a fraction again of that goes to the actual artists rather than the publishers...

So either millions of people listen to a track dozens of times or it's not really worth being on Spotify except for the reachability, right?

[–] ToiletFlushShowerScream@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Remind me how much of spotifys subscribers money went to antivax podcasts?

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 2 points 2 weeks ago

No clue, I hope similarly low or lower.

I'm afraid I'm wrong, though.