On: Music artist: "Why I prefer piracy to Spotify"

[bluekeybox]

All types of value can be monetized; the only trick is how. So unless music has no value whatsoever (which would be absurd, since no one would bother making it in that case), it can be monetized.

[jarek → bluekeybox]

Does putting ads on a torrent site count?

[bobwaycott → bluekeybox]

This is absolutely disgusting.

Value != money.

What a sad bit of reasoning. Monetizing destroys value. The value of music and other arts has nothing to do with how well or poorly it is monetized.

[bluekeybox → bobwaycott]

Whether monetization increases or decreases other kinds of value is a topic for a different discussion; the only thing I said was that all types of value can be monetized.

[bobwaycott → bluekeybox]

And as such, the assertion is still wrong, imo. Not all types of value can be monetized.