A note on the My Little Hoe Hoe Hoe Pack…
For any of you who follow any of the artists who contributed to that pack, you may have heard that it was pirated rather quickly.
Now, as much as the idea and concept are disliked, I believe the only way to prevent that would’ve been a paywall. I can tell some would cringe at the idea, but it’s the only way to get a set amount before it comes out.
To be honest, I’m not surprised that the pack got out that quickly, since I know how fast pirates can work. I just wish people would patronize the creators a bit more.
Paywall description below the break.
It’s sound in concept but there’s one problem.
Pirates will pirate anything, regardless. If they get it, they will share it like an STD at an orgy. Trying to deter them is like telling a disease to stop spreading. They don’t even care that this kind of stuff helps put food on the table of artists.
They can and will get stuff before it even gets released. I found that out when I found a legit BluRay rip of Into The Storm long before the DVD/BluRay release, and Django Unchained from a ripped screener DVD long before the official store release. Online pirates are a pretty resourceful bunch.
That means a hacker would have to backdoor hack one of the artist’s computer who carries the whole pack, meaning Quin’s comp would have to be compromised, assuming he’s the one who put the pack online.
That much work for pirating wouldn’t be worth it unless someone just shelled out 20 and put it on Mega (which has already happened in multiple instances).
Hypothetical planning of a digital art heist is a bit blasphemous so I’ll stop there, but the bottom line is already there; pirates are going to do what they want, so make it difficult for them.
