▲ 879 ▼ Why people Pirate? (lemmy.dbzer0.com) submitted 2 days ago* by themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 98 comments fedilink hide all child comments How to prevent pirating? https://www.ign.com/articles/battlefield-6-player-with-over-400-hours-gets-full-refund-from-steam-after-key-modes-were-removed
[–] inari@piefed.zip 162 points 2 days ago (3 children) Piracy isn't stealing anyway permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 110 points 2 days ago They call it stealing because the real legal term is unlawful copying or reproducing without copyright permits, and that sounds closer to a misdemeanor. If we claim someone has stolen thousands of songs causing millions of dolars in damages it does look like a felony, and that is the way they've chosen to scare us. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SatyrSack@quokk.au 18 points 2 days ago (1 child) I feel the same way about people applying terms like "theft" to events of intellectual property misuse like copying another artist's art style, reusing another comedian's jokes, etc. Those things are problems of their own, but should not be called "theft". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] borkborkbork@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago when people do it, it's interpretation - it's only theft if they're portraying themselves as the original artist, trying to leverage someone else's work for profit. now, when machines do the same thing, I think that very much is theft and should be illegal. permalink fedilink source parent [–] aaa@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago Not that I agree with the following, but I feel like many say piracy is theft because one is "stealing" potential income, not stealing the material itself. I vaguely remember someone on YouTube even said using Adblock is akin to piracy, as one is watching content without paying for it (and the assumption is one should pay) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 110 points 2 days ago They call it stealing because the real legal term is unlawful copying or reproducing without copyright permits, and that sounds closer to a misdemeanor. If we claim someone has stolen thousands of songs causing millions of dolars in damages it does look like a felony, and that is the way they've chosen to scare us. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SatyrSack@quokk.au 18 points 2 days ago (1 child) I feel the same way about people applying terms like "theft" to events of intellectual property misuse like copying another artist's art style, reusing another comedian's jokes, etc. Those things are problems of their own, but should not be called "theft". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] borkborkbork@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago when people do it, it's interpretation - it's only theft if they're portraying themselves as the original artist, trying to leverage someone else's work for profit. now, when machines do the same thing, I think that very much is theft and should be illegal. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] borkborkbork@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago when people do it, it's interpretation - it's only theft if they're portraying themselves as the original artist, trying to leverage someone else's work for profit. now, when machines do the same thing, I think that very much is theft and should be illegal. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] aaa@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago Not that I agree with the following, but I feel like many say piracy is theft because one is "stealing" potential income, not stealing the material itself. I vaguely remember someone on YouTube even said using Adblock is akin to piracy, as one is watching content without paying for it (and the assumption is one should pay) permalink fedilink source parent
