Never. It's never stealing.
this post was submitted on 27 Mar 2024
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Using that corpo coined verbage is clown to start with. Piracy is a fundumantal online activity and right. It balances out stupid laws.
These clowns think they can use some shit IP laws to stop people from enjoying their own culture haha
Idiots sniffing their lawyers farts should learn how to run a bussiness.
Piracy saves money.
Indeed it can unless you are running a home lab which is never ending spending but at least you own it. Hehe
It may be copyright infringement, but not stealing.
Look if your tv show isn't airing anywhere, isn't on a streaming service or can't be physically bought, then it's up for grabs.
This is sort of where I draw the line on ethical piracy. Some countries and people go to great lengths to prohibit the viewing or listening of their movies, shows and songs. Whatever. It's your right I guess. I just don't get it personally. To be so restrictive for something is now free. The work was done, so now it's just about enjoyment and quality of life.
As a basic human being, I think we should all want to make life better. For us. For everyone.
So along those lines, if you're blacklisting my country because some guy didn't get what he wanted or whatever government level bullshit you peddle, then yeah, time to unfurl my Jolly Roger!
Gotta love that Rossman has pivoted from "failed business owner" to "basically James Stephanie Sterling but with less nazi imagery"
Shit like this REALLY annoys me. I am all for a discussion of the ethics of piracy... if people actually understand what ethics are (and, as has been demonstrated countless times, people don't). But shit like this is about deciding when it is "fair" to pirate content and when not. And, considering it is Rossman, I assume he is goign to talk about how you should support companies that care about your rights or are small businesses and fuck larger businesses and the New York City government.
But the reality: Whether you think piracy is or is not stealing is irrelavent. It is piracy whether you are pirating a game from a toddler with leukemia or Amazon after they rebranded to having the website be a giant picture of Bezos's dong. It just becomes a matter of if you think that matters or if it is okay to hurt/"hurt" one of those companies.
Which almost inevitably becomes about defining The Tragedy of the Commons.
At the end of the day: it is piracy. We are pirates. Fucking own up to it.
I haven't kept up with Jimquisition in years. He's a Nazi now?
- "she"
- She's always used "ironic" nazi imagery. Officially it is "more Soviet Union" and clearly done as a gag for some reason, but it would not be out of place to have Hugo Boss measuring her inseam while she records. Something that has irked a lot of us for... over a decade?
I see
I pirated a certain 'crash cars and shoot'em up' game because, even though I own it on Steam, the gameplay (especially the launcher) absolutely sucks.
No more automatically downloading online content when I don't even play online and no more updates breaking my mods. It's worked out so well that I'm looking at pirating other games I already own.
Say GTA without saying GTA.
Confusing by-line for link goes to an older video by Louis, actual yt link for video is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yo8av6w4sc
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Leaking content before debut? Evil and it hurts the owners. Very much stealing.
Releasing torrent too close to original release date? Kinda mean and can really hurt initial sales.
I'd rather people be more mindful and considerate of these two things. After that time has passed though... Nothing else comes to mind. :)
Just wanted to point out that having some standards is good if you want piracy to be respected