For example: I used to pirate games back in school as I didn't have the money to buy them. So there is no financial loss for the company. Yet they still frame it as bank robbery or something. "You wouldn't download a car"

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 31 points 9 months ago (7 children)

Hollywood was so adamant about "not downloading a car".

Now they are the ones downloading actors.

[–] martino@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Hollywood was so adamant about "not downloading a car".

That was a meme. The original ads were always "you wouldn't steal a car". Someone doctored a screenshot from the ad as a joke and now there are a whole bunch of people who think the ads actually said that.

[–] tpyo@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

You wouldn't steal a handbag; you wouldn't steal a car; ...

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

You wouldn’t steal a baby…

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[–] Default_Defect@midwest.social 2 points 9 months ago

YoU WouLDn'T DoWnLOad a BEAR

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

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