The Pirates Are Back
&gt; There are two main problems with digital piracy. First, it robs the creator of their income. It’s not just big companies who suffer – the people working behind the scenes lose out too.<p>Whilst this is true, we&#x27;ve spent the last decade hearing how the intermediaries (streaming services) and media companies continually screw over artists.<p>It is more true to say any drop in revenue due to any alternative way to consume media (of which piracy is just one way) results in the _intermediaries_ seeing the biggest drop in revenue as they were the ones who took the most from the artists.<p>Perhaps if labels and studios paid artists more their argument would resonate more with the fans who consume the art.<p>The internet never did fully deliver on the dream to disintermediate the studios and labels, but there&#x27;s always a hope that there&#x27;s still time.