music piracy is like the closest thing to a utopia that we can experience.

that's completely free access to art and a limitless range of people who have access to your own art

it's only when you worry about everything else ("how can i support myself if i'm not getting paid for art i'm spending time on") when there's an actual problem. i mean, it's a considerable one, but it's one born from our currency-based society. at its core, it's a direct link between art and an audience

like, when you think about it, there's always a middleman between you and stolen music. that pathway that seems so direct still had to be created. there's someone hosting the file you download.

in other words, that's a distributor. it's a *free* distributor that isn't concerned with anyone getting paid.

somebody was so passionate about you being able to download music, that they made the effort to make it accessible.

this is completely against the philosophy that capitalism is based on. "I only do things for you, for a reason"

you can plainly see that there's enough motivation to do the labor, to the point of breaking the law and murky ethics

piracy is proof that money makes a society worse. we found a solution to a problem but can't use it because it violates the idea of money

imagine if we completely figured out how to distribute medicine. like, all that needs to be done is someone pressing a button, and you'd get a dose.
our society structure completely wouldn't allow that.

that person needs to be getting paid, because their life is dependent on money.
but if it weren't - if that person's survival would be assured either way - you don't think they would press that button? Someone needs to be profiting if a massive transaction is occurring