Comment on Motion Picture Association Hires FBI Official to Lead Anti-Piracy Efforts
MorrisonMotel6@lemm.ee 1 week agoYes. I was never going to buy it anyway. He didn’t lose anything. At least this way, his art is consumed and discussed, potentially generating a sale. BTW, you are absolutely wasting your time here. People in this community obviously have a very different perspective on this than you do. You’ll have to either accept that, or become increasingly frustrated that your arguments fall flat with this particular audience
AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 1 week ago
At least now we’ve gotten to the common understanding that it is theft, but you just don’t care. I personally think copyright laws have been good for our society because they’ve allowed people to live off of creating art. You obviously have a different view.
I’m not at all frustrated by the conversation - it’s like discussing car registration or driver’s licenses with a SovCit. In fact, it’s pretty much exactly like that. It’s interesting for me to see how you rationalize your view, but I don’t expect you to change your mind.
aniki@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Still not theft.
AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Sure it is. You’re taking something that isn’t yours without paying for it.
DougHolland@lemmy.world 1 week ago
The ordinary rules don’t apply to corporations, and we’re suckers if we play by ordinary rules.
That’s why ‘shoplifting’ from Kroger, ‘robbing’ a Bank of America branch, ‘stealing’ cable TV from Xfinity, or ‘pirating’ movies or music from Columbia or Universal is not morally wrong. Quite the opposite, it’s the right thing to do.
aniki@lemm.ee 1 week ago
I’m not taking anything.