You actually have to support the creators however THEY want if you want access, not however YOU want. I suspect you're not actually supporting all the creators of the things you watch via piracy!
https://www.screendaily.com/news/piracy-is-the-most-successf...
Its the money behind them that cares about restricting access to bleed every penny they can out of it.
> Herzog continued. “I don’t like it because I would like to earn some money with my films. But if someone like you steals my films through the internet or whatever, fine, you have my blessing.
He’d rather you didn’t. And I bet you’re not checking every artist. Just be honest and say you don’t want to pay, don’t act like you’re Robin Hood.
If you dont like my link, you can always google your own. Or here, have a few more from a quick google:
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/hollywood-dir...
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/10/hollywood...
https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/22/technology/22iht-godard.h...
No, I don't.
> I suspect you're not actually supporting all the creators of the things you watch via piracy!
I don't actually want to support most of them. The few I care about get donations.
I don't see how copyright relates to my (or anyone's) character. You can be a good or bad person who copies files, and you can also be a good or bad person who doesn't.