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Do you pirate? And do you justify pirating? i.e., what is your piracy philosophy? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Well, my friend, he's kinda poor he can't afford some books and some streaming services, so he pirates. He pirate books, audiobook and videos and other stuff. Sometimes he buys books he likes a lot out of loyalty to the author (yeah, I don't understand it either), he likes to read physical books, but yeah, if he hates the author or just wants to skim through it, he will download the book.

He usually doesn't like to pirate from small companies or professors who are trying to make a living by selling books, but from millionaires & plenty of mega corps which already have loads of money, he feels like it's the right move to pirate

Also, have you ever noticed that you have felt that the value of a product has decreased just because you didn't pay for it, thus you are less interested to read it? i.e., had you paid for the book, you would have more likely read that book.

He says he will buy stuff when his time is more valuable than money, let's all hope that day is soon.

What are your piracy habits?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

I pirate everything that i cannot afford. Lately it's gotten to the point that i can afford everything but before i had Money i would pirate all games that looked interesting.
I just didnt wanna lose money that i barely had saved.

And no, my interest in the thing i stole never had any impact from the pricetag.
I liked the thing, thats why i wanted it.

And i do not understand people that try to make theft morally okay.
It is not okay to steal from Target the same way it is not okay to steal from EA.
If you can afford it just buy the things.

I made up exceptions to this rule to make myself feel less guilty. At the end of the day the reason was that i was poor and i couldnt accept that i couldnt get a thing.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

We can't talk about that here.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hollywood is at war with the people of this world and are therefore my enemy, I treat my enemies as I wish. Unfortunately, they don't have a lot I'm interested in lately. I don't find myself watching movies or TV much, if ever.

Music... It's available on YouTube. I think most things I have pirated I have purchased a license for already.

I don't play games. Games like old NES games are no longer available for purchase except on the secondary market, I think there should be a law about enforcing piracy laws on IP that is no longer available for purchase. People who archive it are doing God's work.

I only use FOSS software.

Books... Its no different from a library in my opinion, it's not like I'm going to need to read it twice, what's the difference if I borrow it or download it if I'm going to have it in my head after reading it exactly once? I can't even lend it to someone! A lot of the books I have read were created solely for the purpose of making the information available.

Generally speaking, intellectual property is a fiction, and once you release information out in the world it's no longer yours practically speaking, you can whine all you want and create mechanisms to try to stop it from being true but it is true. It takes on a life of it's own and spreads on it's own merit.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I pirate stuff that is older then 7 years. If I want to see it, or play it earlier than that, I pay for it.

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