Twitch events are a great idea, but not something that can really be enforced across the board, given the limited internet infrastructure in a lot of places. I, for instance, don’t have internet that can handle twitch streaming at any level of quality that would render any demo useful haha.
The tone of distrust from sellers is definitely not all of us. There are some sellers that have been stung pretty hard by piracy and hyperactive refunds though (based on conversations in the sellers forum), so it makes sense that those ones are pretty upset about it. None of us want our stuff pirated obviously, but I for one have no expectations of people stealing my content or getting dodgy refunds - but it’s important to recognize that some sellers, even some with great high quality content, have had a lot of issues surrounding these things.
Likewise, a lot of buyers have been burnt by some pretty poor quality content, particularly in the earlier days of the marketplace.
I just think it’s important to realise that this is probably the vocal minority rather than the majority at this stage, from both sides of things. Not that these concerns necessarily shouldn’t be addressed, but I think the recent cavalcade of threads surrounding these topics might be getting a little blown out of proportion, and applying the view that a certain group of people have to a group is dangerous for the health of our community. I know I definitely don’t want even a single one of my customers thinking that I think they are out to screw me over - not because it hurts my business, but because I legitimately want to work with these people in that capacity and see the content I’ve made be used in new and interesting ways.
Finally - I think that you would find almost all sellers share your view and would much rather their content be used than just be an empty sell.