Some of it, sure. I make âIPâ for a living but thats just the rules built up around what I wanted to do with my life anyways. I want to do this because itâs useful for everyone; I donât expect the full surplus back.
If we raised the money by taxes or crowdfunding or whatever other economic model, then Iâd have fewer middlemen too.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com âš2â© âšmonthsâ© ago
The sport streams the site in question pirated were ABSOLUTELY not the fruit of the rights-holders labor, nor do any of the profits go to the ones laboring.
You COULD argue that the clubs get paid for the rights and they pay those who labor, but thatâs bullshit since both the clubs and the other rights-holders are mostly owned and funded by American and Middle Eastern billionaires who havenât performed honest labor in their lives and other shareholders that havenât performed any of the labor being exploited either.