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Why sadly? If the corporation who owns the original IP, abandoned it for 10+ years with no way of legitimately buying it from them, then it means they don't wa
by ChuckNorris89 4y ago
Why sadly?
If the corporation who owns the original IP, abandoned it for 10+ years with no way of legitimately buying it from them, then it means they don't want our money and they don't care about it, so it's fair game.
I'm doing my part.
- skyyler 4y agoSadly; because a noble pursuit has been reduced to literal crime...
- vlunkr 4y agoExactly. If the content owners were more responsible, or if IP laws were better, it wouldn't be necessary.
- jzb 4y agoSadly because the industry actively fights against it, and people can be punished for it. Also "sadly" because it's not exactly a dependable process -- we're depending on people to spontaneously choose to preserve / share media widely enough there will be decent copies when/if they go out of "legitimate" circulation. It'd be better if archiving & preserving copies were a mandatory step to being awarded copyright protection. (Which would not displace filesharing, of course...)
- ryandrake 4y agoAnother sad thing is the mentality of IP rightsholders. For abandoned songs/movies/works that don't make any money anymore, they'd rather expend the cost/effort to destroy them than allow them to be distributed for free, even though destroying them is likely more expensive. Totally malicious. Reminds me of grocery stores that throw out food at the end of the day and spend effort guarding the dumpsters so nobody gets food for free.