I do, because historically I want to support the people making content I love.

However, the distribution channels and situation is nearing abysmal quality while gobbling up more and more money. So long term… I dunno… I only maintain 2-3 streaming services at a time, and one is CBC, which I won’t be dropping.

I have a budget I set and I spend across a couple creatives and media companies, but they are direct payments tonth creatives themselves. I have no issues paying for people to create works.

But such a microscopic portion of any streaming service payment, coupled with deeply toxic, dark patterned business models, not to mention how the business structure has distorted the model for creative works.

I have views on property rights that I know aren’t the most popular on a dot world or even some of the more radical instances. I know a few share it, but I know most don’t, but I genuinely don’t believe in copyright.

Copyright (and patent law) is deeply flawed and has been abused far beyond its original intent.

I would very much like reform.