Meanwhile I want to watch an anime, but Disney bought exclusive rights to it … and aren't even running it on their own platform, in my country.
Let's not pretend that unethical stealing is the only option.
If a hundred billion aliens in another galaxy watched a pirated movie, nobody would even know. If the aliens came down to Earth and took all our water, we'd all die.
Another option would be to purchase a VPN to route through a country where it is playable. But if you had to choose between the 2 options of pirating or paying more money to a different "shady" activity... I feel like the choice is pretty clear.
Both are piracy, but the latter holds the stigmatism, and the former is openly advertised by podcasters and youtubers everywhere.
People in general don't want to pirate, but they will if it's the best option (just look at the often-cited example of Steam). That's the only thing keeping publishers in check. Without it, I'm sure prices for content would be much higher than they are right now.
Should you be able to attend an event without a ticket, just because that venue has a "monopoly" on that evening's entertainment? You're not reducing the enjoyment of others, nor are you decreasing the artist's revenue.
This isn't an accurate analogy because the OP has no option to enter the venue at all, even if they want to pay.
> no one has a right to experience a specific piece of creative content
The whole motive behind copyright is that society is entitled to culture. By granting artists a time-limited monopoly, they can be incentivized to create and release more and more content, which makes society's culture richer and more widely available to everyone.
So I'd argue that the status quo OP describes is contrary to the actual objective of copyright itself.
Are you suggesting that if i couldn't get a ticket to a concert i want to see, I am entitled to some kind of compensation?
That wasn't my main argument however. Please read it below in my original response.
>commentary, search engines, criticism, parody, news reporting, research, and scholarship.
Yeah, there is plenty of "content" to watch. The problem is that there tends to be content people want to watch, because word has gotten out that it is high quality, or (in this case) a trailer/ad looked appealing, and having it locked up on zero, maybe one, platforms doesn't really satisfy someone?