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That's debatable. It's illegal to torrent, but not necessarily unethical. Is it really unethical to make an identical copy of a file? How would you feel if I ma
by executesorder66 3y ago
That's debatable. It's illegal to torrent, but not necessarily unethical. Is it really unethical to make an identical copy of a file? How would you feel if I made an identical copy of your car and drove off with the copy?
Furthermore the people involved in making the content put a lot of time and effort into making this work of art. (Whether it is good art is for the perciever to decide) and now the distributor is preventing audiences from viewing/accessing the art for no good reason. Is that ethical?
I see torrenting as a case of civil disobedience. Yes it is not legal, but it IS ethical. It is protesting stupid laws and policies. When distributers don't let you legally access content, they should get fucked over, and people should pirate it to send a message: "We would have paid for this, but you didn't want to let us. So fuck you, we will get it for free then. See how much blocking legal access helps you."