Think about it

That's.. a good argument. I never thought of it like that.

internet piracy? i never ever would do such a thing, it is illegal. instead i will pay for 5 streaming services and never own anything. remember, you wouldn't steal a car.

“Harry Potter is no longer available on this platform”

The only thing I would (totally naively and magically) wish for is some kind of really well organized and curated time capsule mainly for movies and music preservation.

I don’t want all the music and movies for myself, I wouldn’t be able to watch/hear it all but I wish for anyone from any time in the future — to have a simple/legal option to just dig anything out, public domain or whatever will work best.

People have created some amazing gems.

This statement feels so wrong yet also feels so correct. If companies can't let ppl own what they paid they shouldn't complain when ppl pirate.

https://lemmy.world/post/1098344 federated reponst >:(

Preach!

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just take my upvote

You have to pay to use a rental car, but you don't own it. Do you think that rental cars can't be stolen?

pirate pirate pirate pirate pirate let's pirate let's pirate let's pirate pirate

I’m gonna show this to my landlord before I kick his ass

À propos stealing, the quote is from https://peoplemaking.games/@Illuminatus@mstdn.social

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This is the mantra

While I appreciate the sentiment, theft of service is a crime. You don't have to be able to own something to be able to steal it.

I hate DRM. Especially as an open sourcer. If all methods of buying it are DRM'ed I won't buy it. My wife has Netflix and contribute the same to OpenRightsGroup, who fight DRM, to balance out our karma. I won't watch Netflix.

But it's not just media now. A lot of modern device have anti-features and lockout the user. I won't say owner, because if it's a computer and your not admin, your not the owner. Car are terrible for this and it rubs right up against Right To Repair. They use this power imbalance to force you to use dealerships. Crazy thing is, the cars modules are also closed black boxes to car manufacturer. I've been to car industry talks where automotive engineers complain of this, and everyone is nodding, but they don't see their own closeness is no better. They want other to be open with them, but don't want to be open with others.

It's a terrible state of play. In future, today will be a digital darkage and will only be the pirated and cracked stuff that makes it through. It's so stupid, shortsighted, anticompetitive and certain amount of just evil.

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Yar har, fiddle de dee Being a fraudster is alright to be Do what you want 'cause a fraudster is free You are a fraudster!

It doesn't have quite the same ring to it.

So I can keep my rental car, got it.

One might argue that software developers deserve to be paid fairly for their work.

That argument falls flat, though, when their products include user-hostile misfeatures like performance-ruining DRM and obnoxious in-app advertising, which pirates remove. By including such misfeatures, software companies are basically punishing their customers for not pirating their products.

You shouldn't have to pay for something which there is no scarcity of. A haircut takes time and effort, so you should pay for it. Food is not unlimited, so you should pay for it. Software can be duplicated an unlimited number of times, so you should not have to pay for it. That's just giving people passive income.