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I loathe piracy, but I'm very happy all the same that there is so much money on this side of the argument.
by wly_cdgr 3y ago
I loathe piracy, but I'm very happy all the same that there is so much money on this side of the argument.
- deaddodo 3y agoI loathe that piracy needs to exist. But it's a natural response to greedy media industries. People pirate material that copyright holders refuse to release/rerelease, they steal when popular media gets silo'd behind yet another wildly overvalued streaming service, they pirate so media can reach places corporations deem unvaluable to do so themselves, etc. Piracy was naturally on a decline as streaming seemed to be settling on Netflix + a couple premium/niche providers, in much the way that mainstream music piracy is largely dead today. Now, it's on the rise again as people are tired of being nickel and dimed by Peacock, AMC, Max, Disney+, Prime, Netflix, Hulu, ESPN+, Fubu, CBS All-Access, etc.
- wly_cdgr 3y agoPiracy does not need to exist, should not exist, and should be heavily stigmatized and harshly punished.
- justinclift 3y agoWhat are your thoughts on Open Source Software?
- swayvil 3y agoI demand that you forget these words immediately after you read them. They are my property.
- talent_deprived 3y agoPiracy is a socially acceptable term for theft. Theft isn't and shouldn't be socially acceptable.
- cto_of_antifa 3y ago[dead]
- alpaca128 3y agoTheft clearly seems to be seen as acceptable when it comes to corporations taking away access to purchased content. I don't see why that shouldn't work both ways.
- raspyberr 3y agoGee, what a solid and water tight argument. You sure have me convinced now.
- hightrix 3y agoPiracy and theft are two different things. Piracy is not theft.
- beej71 3y agoTheft is when I walk out of a store with 8 apples and the store has 8 fewer apples. Piracy is when I walk out of a store with 8 apples and the store has 0 fewer apples. They are mathematically different concepts.
- redwall_hp 3y agoIn that case, copyright is a socially acceptable form of tyranny that prevents freedom of expression. Or a socially acceptable theft from the commons. Dystopian ideas such as ownership of ideas should not be tolerated.