I don't pirate because I'm an adult who makes money and respects creators.
this post was submitted on 16 Sep 2023
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Man, what an echo chamber of anti-corporation and anti-copyright sentiments. I pirate myself, because the services for tv/movies are not convenient, but I don't delude myself into thinking it's somehow justified. If I could get any movie or series on demand like spotify I wouldn't pirate (if I could afford it). I fail to see how anything else would be ethical to the creators of the content.
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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.
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.
We can't talk about that here.
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.