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0 pointsthrowhauser4y ago0 comments

Why?

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Intellectual property is theft by the corporations — it is literally charging us to partake in our own culture. And if you’re a creator and create something derivative, expect tens of thousands in a legal judgement against you just because you’re a creative fan. Even decades after the creator is dead, and can no longer benefit.

parineum4y ago

>it is literally charging us to partake in our own culture

If I create something it's not your culture unless I decide to share it.

tuscen4y ago

If you agree to erase your memory of all culture surrounding you and to create truly from blank than your statement could have some sense.

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tshaddox4y ago

It generally wouldn’t be piratable if you chose to never release it at all.

probably_wrong4y ago

Just by creating it? Indeed, that doesn't necessarily make it my culture.

However, it does become my culture once my entire city is plastered with posters for it, its music plays on every radio twice a day, my children play with toys based on its characters, and/or conversations with my friends refer to it years after the thing came out.

rglullis4y ago

Piracy is the only way to disarm this immoral system where all the "legal" alternatives are basic assaults on our consumer rights that leaves us with no real good ethical choice,

BeetleB4y ago

Your comment makes sense only to someone who already agrees with you and is similarly informed/misinformed. It does not provide any insight to those not sharing the same knowledge as you.

Right off the bat, anyone can contest:

- "only"

- "immoral"

- "assaults"

- "ethical"

Your comment provides no context or support for any of these.

rglullis4y ago

If you want an essay, we can agree to a rate and I can write it after you send me the check.

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hatware4y ago

Because we still have DRM in 2021.

It's disgraceful.

denkmoon4y ago

The Walt Disney Company. One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.

jakear4y ago

I don’t see much of an issue with Disney getting paid for the new content they produce. If I want to watch the new Bad Batch episodes, I can either pay for a Disney+ subscription and increase the official view count, thereby increasing the project’s revenue and likelihood the folks working on it have their contracts renewed, or I can convince myself Disney is some evil corporation consisting of people who don’t deserve to be compensated for their efforts and pirate it. Back when I was a kid with no assets to my name piracy made some sense. However, now that I have the means to support creators, I do.

halkony4y ago

> Back when I was a kid with no assets to my name piracy made some sense. However, now that I have the means to support creators, I do.

This is the most sensible argument I've heard for being anti-piracy. It is a matter of means, and I've had a similar experience with my approach to piracy.

I'd be interested to know more statistics about what demographics perform piracy and on what kinds of media.

zingplex4y ago

I'm not entirely sure, but perhaps there's an argument to be made that since it's pretty much the only way to get DRM free copies of certain materials piracy at times is justified.

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labster4y ago

parineum4y ago

>it is literally charging us to partake in our own culture

If I create something it's not your culture unless I decide to share it.

tuscen4y ago

If you agree to erase your memory of all culture surrounding you and to create truly from blank than your statement could have some sense.

1 more reply

tshaddox4y ago

It generally wouldn’t be piratable if you chose to never release it at all.

probably_wrong4y ago

Just by creating it? Indeed, that doesn't necessarily make it my culture.

rglullis4y ago

Piracy is the only way to disarm this immoral system where all the "legal" alternatives are basic assaults on our consumer rights that leaves us with no real good ethical choice,

BeetleB4y ago

Your comment makes sense only to someone who already agrees with you and is similarly informed/misinformed. It does not provide any insight to those not sharing the same knowledge as you.

Right off the bat, anyone can contest:

- "only"

- "immoral"

- "assaults"

- "ethical"

Your comment provides no context or support for any of these.

rglullis4y ago

If you want an essay, we can agree to a rate and I can write it after you send me the check.

1 more reply

hatware4y ago

Because we still have DRM in 2021.

It's disgraceful.

denkmoon4y ago

The Walt Disney Company. One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.

jakear4y ago

halkony4y ago

> Back when I was a kid with no assets to my name piracy made some sense. However, now that I have the means to support creators, I do.

This is the most sensible argument I've heard for being anti-piracy. It is a matter of means, and I've had a similar experience with my approach to piracy.

I'd be interested to know more statistics about what demographics perform piracy and on what kinds of media.

zingplex4y ago

I'm not entirely sure, but perhaps there's an argument to be made that since it's pretty much the only way to get DRM free copies of certain materials piracy at times is justified.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse