Piracy, in today’s context of unauthorized sharing of digital content, is wrongly condemned as immoral theft. However, it is not piracy itself that is immoral. Rather, it is the greed-driven laws and practices that censor knowledge and creative works to maximize profits. At its core, piracy is about sharing information and creative works with others, which should be seen as a moral good. 🤑

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      1 year ago

      The people who hired hundreds of workers to develop that media. The workers that depend on that business to be productive in order for their jobs to be on demand. The families of those workers that need money to buy food and pay rent.

      Are pirates wearing two eye patches now, are they blind and can’t see how the world operates?

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        im not a pirate, never attacked a boat in my life.

        you are not explaining how are they getting hurt or how their livelihood would be impacted by me … not buying their stuff?

        you have a LOT of explaining to do. i understand that in your mind you made a point but you really didnt.

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            nono i understand your point very well it just doesnt make any sense. like i heard many times before, the anti sharing propaganda rarely makes any sense.

            especially because where are these people impacted by sharing? are they roaming the streets? no they are not becuase they got paid for their work. reality is you are not hurting anybody.

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              I just told you… They may get the money for the job, but if the industry they work on isn’t generating any profits because everyone is sharing the content, then the industry dies and so does the demand for these specialized workers.

              Is that too hard to process?

              The reason why those industries aren’t dead is precisely because pirating is illegal and a criminal activity which makes most average consumers want to get the products legally.

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                If those industries die that’s great. The only ones left will be the people who actually want to be there rather than the ones who are only after money.

                We have a really easy example. I want the social media industry to die so here I am on Lemmy. If Facebook, Reddit, Twitter, and so on die that is a positive. Then the only thing left will be the free and open fediverse run by volunteers.

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                  1 year ago

                  So, do you think the developers that created Lemmy don’t get paid real money from real industries that actually monetize their products?

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                the industry is doing just fine though, where are these signs that sharing is hurting the industry to such a degree?

                sharing is not really illegal you are misinformed. profiting from uploading is a problem in some states but thats pretty much it.

                i really dont appreciate your tone,you are getting upset for no good reason and for such a trivial subject… have a great day.

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                  1 year ago

                  The industry is doing fine BECAUSE piracy is illegal and it is stealing.

                  If it wasn’t a crime, everyone would do it and industries would collapse.

                  Holy shit, I’m really walking you through this one.