It might be a good regulation but it is definitely not essential!
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> 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.
An interesting example of how the current market dynamics incentivize low cost and therefore power efficiency and therefore lowering resource use.