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While I'm very much pro-IP, the concept of fair use exists. If the content is available for purchase, then piracy takes from Disney's profits. But if it is no
by SamReidHughes 4y ago
While I'm very much pro-IP, the concept of fair use exists. If the content is available for purchase, then piracy takes from Disney's profits. But if it is not available, and won't be, then pirating it doesn't affect Disney's profits. (There are obviously counter-arguments to this, contingent on the situation.)
- p0pcult 4y agoThis has nothing to do with the concept of "fair use." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use?wprov=sfla1
- SamReidHughes 4y agoYes, it does, both indirectly, as fair use is an example of using copyrighted material and this is another one, and directly, because categorizing a use as fair use involves the commercial impact of the use.
- p0pcult 4y agoYou really ought to read the wikipedia page. Fair use does not allow you to consume copyrighted material. Fair use allows: >commentary, search engines, criticism, parody, news reporting, research, and scholarship.
- SamReidHughes 4y agoI'm not saying it's fair use. It isn't. The premise behind my comment relates to the underlying morality behind fair use, which doesn't involve obedience to the law.