Basically in a course I am taking, I have to find global challenges and implications of a digital topic. So we turned to piracy in the end because it has been here for a while (and lets face it, I was biased and its my favorite topic.) and has its qualities and some drawbacks which need to be discussed in a topic like that. With the rise of streaming services and enshitification of most things we know of, Piracy has crawled out of the shadows and become less niche and more a valid option.

I would love if you all can give my some of your opinions on it. Any documentations, reads or articles and some valid points to help to discuss with my group (they are not all tech nerds ...)

OFC we will discuss the issues of services today, why piracy has slowed with the rise of streaming services (and back up ahahah). We will discuss that piracy helps in a way to preserve data, culture etc. The good and the bad of it. Impact of piracy in the creative goods sector in sciences. What governments do to counter piracy...

So really any stat that is justified of course, any reasons to do so (is it more convenient?? Is it due to censorship in your country or limited access to information?? DRM ?? Monopoly no other alternatives??...)

I am open to all info and articles And thanks for your time too!

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[–] HelloRoot@lemy.lol 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

The production is a fixed one time cost.

Once that cost is covered, the rest is profit.

It is important and fair to cover the cost of production and also have some gains on top of that.

But at some point it switches to bringing ongoing profit for no ongoing work or effort.

Where that point lies axactly is open to discussion. But after it has been reached, it is surely not morally wrong to distribute that media freely. Ideally it would be legally required to turn it to public domain, which would increase competition, quality and creativity of the whole landscape.

[–] SBS1313@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

tbf that is a great point I just now need to find a paper discussing that system ur describing. I never thought about that like that tbf but some issues arise like what is the production cost?? who determines that or moderates it? but again great idea i hope i can find some papers taking ur point to a more practical point (if it is employed somewhere or if u might have an example of such system that has been studied)

[–] oeuf@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Here in the UK (and elsewhere I'm sure) there is public funding for the arts. It's recognised as being good for culture but that it also stimulates the broader econony. In that way it is treated as a public investment with expected public (and private) returns.

[–] SBS1313@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago

Thanks for the answer i will look more into that i did not know abt public art fundings !

[–] HelloRoot@lemy.lol 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Some interesring reads that are related and could be a starting point:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-rival_good

https://maxkasy.github.io/home/files/other/ML_Econ_Oxford/digital_socialism.pdf

https://www.cs.rutgers.edu/~rmartin/teaching/spring03/cs553/papers02/07.pdf

[–] SBS1313@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago

I will look at those too thanks!!! ☺️

[–] Cyberspark@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

Minor point, there's energy, maintenance and hosting costs of on-going digital services as well as costs for continued development and improvement. For most digital goods though you're right