don_quiquong

k-shaped economies, speculative bubbles and 8 business trading astronomical sums of money isn't exactly ideal either

Eh, I'm no big fan of the eSafety Office but if it was taken to an election there'd either be vague general support or just a lack of interest - no big opposition outside maybe The Greens and civil/digital rights groups.

Australia is doing 2 way arms trade with Israel, UK is helping Israeli planes refuel and doing recon for them. Seems pretty paltry

Just imagining the world without Gary Tan and his ilk...

People who pirate in the year 2025 are almost definitely going to be spending more on music (physical media, merch, tickets, etc) than the average Spotify subscriber. This was true ~20 years ago and given the ease of Spotify and the relative pain of pirating, I would imagine it's even moreso the case today. And even if they spend half a Spotify subscription on music, that's more money going to artists than a Spotify subscription giving them carte blanche access to most music.

Part of what's wrong with the industry. Steve Albini had a flat fee and was one of the most sought after recording engineers (aka producer but he hated the term). And that was based on the quality of his work moreso than his modest, flat fee.

I mean the use of lidarr is a dead giveaway. Don't need to snoop his history to put 2 and 2 together

Maybe a market-based approach is inherently flawed for things like art, research, various services (health, education, etc)

>There's a fair market value for the art

Fair ain't got nothing to do with it. Markets don't give a shit about 'fair'.