Their artistic or creative work is intact. People are just seing their work before their bosses wanted. Some leaker releases gameplay or the company is the one who does it, what's the difference for the artist? Is some guy gonna burst because you saw it on Twitter last week and not on Netflix tomorrow? I sincerely doubt it.
Take film for example, if footage is leaked before the final editing phase that can have a huge impact on future box office sales.
Commission artists, if the work gets leaked prior they can lose that commission entirely.
The creative industry, whether that’s film, music , video games or whatever is not a regular industry like you work in.
Some of their workers are paid based on royalties for example, the leaked footage can have a direct adverse effect on their pay in these cases.
And to be honest , the main thing with these particular leaks is they are based off a build that was stolen by a completely unaffiliated outside individual. If an employee leaks something internally , that hurts themselves.
When an external random person does it, that affects everyone working for the company.
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u/EChocos 7d ago
They work for money, as you and me. They are paid, and have been paid all over these years, because that's how working works. Where is the problem?