Libraries get money via tax. What people here are arguing for is that others should work for them or free. Because game studios, for example, are overwhelmingly not paid via tax money. They are depending on people buying their software.
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snooggums@kbin.social 11 months agoWhy do you hate libraries?
ParsnipWitch@feddit.de 11 months ago
SCB@lemmy.world 11 months ago
A library card is your ticket there and libraries are paid via taxes, which is why they’re free at point of use.
Attending a free concert is not stealing. Breaking into the Eras tour is.
snooggums@kbin.social 11 months ago
The library buys once and allows multiple people to read/watch each item without each person needing to individually purchase. Just like one person buying something and sharing it with others.
The main point is that digitization distribution is not a concert
SCB@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Digital distribution is a service. You can steal a service.
If you fuck a prostitute and then don’t pay them, you are stealing from them.
snooggums@kbin.social 11 months ago
If the prostitute uses a technique, and then you use the same technique without paying hem for reuse, is that stealing or does their direct involvement matter?
CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 11 months ago
You’re not using their distribution service when you pirate something. That’s the whole point.
psud@aussie.zone 11 months ago
It’s okay I won’t use their digital distribution system to pirate their stuff.
It’s just like falling to pay a prostitute you never fucked