Gregory's Server@whetstone @gamesbymanuel I sincerely will argue for the ethics of piracy in a world where authors' rights have been supplanted by copyright owners' rights.
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 @whetstone @gamesbymanuel We can work around it by getting physical copies, also, as long as companies don't make them disappear because they want to "fence their garden".  @Illuminatus @gamesbymanuel I also sometimes think about the possibility of purchasing the broken, fenced version *in addition* to getting a pirated copy. Basically, pay once to send whatever share of that value would go to the creator(s), then pirate to ensure that you do in fact actually *own* the damn thing. @whetstone @gamesbymanuel It is something I have lost the count of the times I've done, including, many times, stuff that I wouldn't have watched/listened to/read in the first place. I got to more artists, specially in music, and bought their CDs through piracy than if I hadn't done it. |
@Illuminatus @gamesbymanuel I guess, for me, the harm done by the platform is done by the platform to me and the creator; but the harm done by piracy is done by me, to the platform (which I couldn't care less about) but also to the creator. So, particularly for single-creator products like albums or books, I do not pirate. Even though the platform will screw me, I prefer not to screw the creator.
Mostly you can sidestep this for books by going through the library.