"stealing" a digital copy of a movie, tv show or a game is like if the item you're stealing from a store is infinitely copyable. Like the replicator from star trek...or that one episode of Sabrina the teenage witch with that box that can make a perfect copy of everything you put inside of it.

Of course I personally would never pirate anything, no matter how much streaming services increase their prices or how much they crack down on VPN usage to get around geo-restrictions, PIRACY IS BAD AND ONLY BAD PEOPLE DO IT.

I've never pirated anything in my whole life!

There are people who understand what I'm saying...but apparently most people don't get it.

Of course that means I still would never pirate anything. That would be horrible to "steal" a copy of a movie or a TV show

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[–] Chozo@fedia.io 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

"stealing" a digital copy of a movie, tv show or a game is like if the item you're stealing from a store is infinitely copyable.

What if it's a physical Blu-ray? Those are infinitely copyable.

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[–] ctkatz@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago

my view on it lies in two seperate buckets:

if the thing being pirated is vastly overpriced for its function i don't see it as immoral
if the thing being pirated is no longer available or was never made available for private ownership, ie only able to be streamed and only available on said service so long as the host streamer still has rights to do so, it isn't immoral.

and just to be clear, i don't see piracy as inherently evil or anticapitalistic. there have been several books and apps that i pirated that i liked and converted to an actual buyer to get more books in the series or get updates to the program.

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

It is always morally acceptable to pirate things ~~made by giant corporations~~

Fixed it for you.

[–] viking@infosec.pub 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'd make a point saying that there's a personal moral and a broader societal understanding of morality, and they don't always align.

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago

That's a fair point.

[–] oldfart@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

I mean. I remember an article about an Amiga program that everyone used cracked, that only sold 1 copy. Sucks to be a small author in such a scenario.

[–] killabeezio@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Can you further expand on why you think it's bad? I'm generally curious.

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[–] Asparagus0098@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

Personally I don't really care too much about whether it's moral or not. I pirate when I feel like it and don't when I don't feel like it. I also pay for some things that I pirated before and enjoyed as long as it isn't too expensive.

[–] josie@vegantheoryclub.org 2 points 5 months ago

Big agree, also now I want to rewatch Sabrina the Teenage Witch lol

[–] squid@feddit.uk 2 points 5 months ago

Private property is theft piracy in all forms is morally exceptable. DMCA actively harms progress, and this isn't some techbro take as I disagree with AI.

[–] drascus@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

And yet you can borrow anything from the local library for free and its considered totally fine and not pirating.

[–] ThatGuyNamedZeus@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago

A library is a tax-funded service and you're expected to return anything you check out from them.

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 months ago

myth: ~~cable~~ piracy is wrong.

fact: ~~cable~~ companies are big, faceless corporations which makes it okay!

[–] Xed@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Piracy is great because it helps you not support corporation’s greed. They can’t profit off of you 😄

[–] ThatGuyNamedZeus@feddit.org 1 points 5 months ago

But of course, piracy is bad. That's why you shouldn't ever do it! Why do you think every corporation has to get government handouts from the tax payers? Because we keep stealing from them....I mean...You keep stealing from them. I would never do that and I certainly don't ever do that. I haven't paid for any movies in over 10 years, so obviously that means I just don't watch anything that costs money to see.

I use a privacy friendly VPN that allows P2P because I play games online and no other reason

[–] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 months ago

It literally depends on your morals… it’s a question only you can answer.

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