Piracy is always justified. I don’t do it because I’m afraid of consequences and my fear of fucking up is greater than my desire to watch TV, but if you’re confident in your abilities, not only is it justified, it’s imperative. 50 cents out of every dollar you spend on media goes directly into some politician’s pocket. Another 40 goes to a new boat for a semi-sentient suit and tie. 9 goes to a company that provides the service of restricting access to that media. One cent is split between all the people who worked on it.
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EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
You mean buying isn’t owning?
Well then…Piracy isn’t st…I mean Piracy is wrong an immoral!
starman2112@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Ad4mWayn3@lemmy.world 11 months ago
's alright sweetheart, you can say it, there’s no longer a megacorporation to shadow ban or lecture you
EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
I don’t know what you could possibly be talking about! I would never pirate anything!
You should never use mullvad with quantum secure encryption or proton VPN with port forwarding off or qbitorrent to pirate anything! That would be horrible to steal from a corporate executive’s enormous income!
mightyfoolish@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I remember my brother once telling me this:
corship@feddit.de 11 months ago
So if I use your toothbrush to clean my asshole it’s fine cuz it’s still there right?
Maolmi@feddit.de 11 months ago
If you can exactly copy said toothbrush and then clean your filthy bunghole with the copy it is totally fine, yeah.
IHateFacelessPorn@lemmy.world 11 months ago
But the thing they are selling to you is not only the data. Also the right to use it. When a studio makes a game spending millions of dollars they don’t do it so one can buy it for 60$ and others can copy from him/her eh? Try moralizing it as much as you want. (If your being sarcastic sorry about that but doesn’t look like it) Privacy is stealing, and I am accepting I am stealing. No need to think otherwise.
KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Didn’t really think this one through.
mightyfoolish@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Sure. I can even spit extra on it no charge if that makes your day. Just download me a clean one afterwards will you.
starman2112@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
No, because you’re still tampering with the original product, stupid
EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
“You wouldn’t download a car”
Well if I could magically construct an infinite number of copies of a car it’s not the same thing…not that I would ever pirate anything! That would be a horrible thing to do