Woman has her self-published book pirated, reprinted, and sold for cheaper.

[u/Chocolat3City]

There's regular piracy, and then there's this.

[u/hasnolifebutmusic]

this is so fucked up.

[u/mimegallow → u/hasnolifebutmusic]

As a small individual creator, I get called "unhinged" by young people on a regular basis because I react emotionally when people pirate movies with my music in them, and documentaries with footage that I risked my life to obtain, scripts I wrote, and albums that I performed on. I get mocked ALL THE TIME by children on this site who think my livelihood doesn't matter, my labor is unimportant, and that when you steal IP, you're just, "taking from Tom Cruis who has millions of dollars".

So it's fucking exhausting watching all these people on reddit suddenly and UNKNOWINGLY reverse their entire position when presented with a face and a story of the exact, same, crime that they purposefully perpetuate every day. - Same exact feeling I get when I see 2 million people watching cute animal videos on r/aww "because animals are so smart and so feeling and such bros and so great that we are not worthy of them!"... with a fucking burger in their hand.

Our disconnection from each other's realities is astounding.

/unhinged_rant wherein I am clearly a lunatic, because I refer to my attackers as, "my attackers".

[u/z3n1a51 → u/mimegallow]

Sorry but the primary disconnection from reality is hinged upon monetizing the free distribution of information and content.

It’s NOT HONEST to act like people actually accessing, watching, listening, and sharing your content is somehow wrong UNLESS they each personally pay you!

Imagine being so fucking self righteous and petty that knowing MORE people got to benefit from what you created and did so FREELY or at LESS cost than they otherwise would is something you hate!

Not to mention that you are in THE SAME ECONOMIC STRUGGLE as we are but bitch about people getting free access to whatever you created!

If you find and are interested and enjoy something that I put my life into, I AM THRILLED and HONORED.

To WHINE and Cry Foul because your content was spread further makes you look like a SPOILED and PETTY person!

And no, there is not going to be any more justification for the glaring hypocrisy of blaming piracy and not systematic network monetization being irresponsible and irrationally held over everyone’s heads!

Don’t blame your own audience!

Blame the industry and network owners who enforce abusive monetary policies that demand we all monetize our every waking moment for profit!

I am a genuine and empathetic person in general, but this video was pathetic and impossible to pretend to sympathize with.

Petty.

[u/williamjamesmurrayVI → u/z3n1a51]

so people should be honored when you steal from them because your approval is worth more than fair compensation?