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That’s a false equivalency, the first takes nothing extra from the purveyor, the second takes significant revenue directly from the artist.
by achr2 4y ago
That’s a false equivalency, the first takes nothing extra from the purveyor, the second takes significant revenue directly from the artist.
- listenallyall 4y agoSo you are claiming that downloading illegal torrents is in fact legal?
- TylerE 4y agoYes. Uploading them on the other hand…
- pbhjpbhj 4y agoIt sounds like they're saying that if you pay, then it's just as moral to acquire your copy from a torrent as from a product. Would you disagree? The creators get the same (small) cut, the buyer gets the same product, so what's wrong with it?
- mathieuh 4y agoSomething being illegal doesn’t say anything about its morality. Many things that we now think are normal were illegal not too long ago, and in many cases things are made illegal to protect the established powers. Personally I only follow laws I agree with.
- listenallyall 4y agoSo did the Pirate Roberts Silk Road guy. Terrific life decision. edit: Brittney Griner too.
- _v7gu 4y agoSo did Martin Luther King Jr and the founding fathers. There is no moral duty to obey arbitrary bullshit. Good on you!