• @ContrarianTrail@lemm.eeEnglish
      5•2 months ago

      Stealing is not the perfect term for it but it’s the closest equivalance.

      Artists need to be compensated for the work they do, agreed? You wouldn’t expect a photographer to give you a high resolution version of their picture for free despite the fact that they could, for no cost to themselves. They could hand out a million free copies if they wanted to, but they don’t, and we all understand why, right? You need someone to put in the effort to create the original in order for those copies to be made. That’s what we’re paying for.

      Now how is pirating movies or games any different? How is that not unfair for the artist(s)?

      • @0x0@programming.devEnglish
        4•2 months ago

        I was with you until the last paragraph.

        The difference is that i don’t give two shits about not enriching multi-billion-dollar media conglomerates that hoard all profits and leave pennies for the actual creators. Hollywood, the music industry and YT fit the bill.

        Which is why i buy merch of local bands and/or buy their digital music if it’s available as downloadable media i can keep on my devices (i won’t buy into subscription crap), that way i’m indeed benefiting the actual artist and not some fat middle-man. Bandcamp and hdtracks have served me well lately, other suggestions welcome.

        • @ContrarianTrail@lemm.eeEnglish
          3•2 months ago

          But then the difference is in your personal attitude, not in the act itself. That’s a bit like saying that it’s okay to screw over a small artist because they’re a jerk. It’s just an excuse to justify the behaviour to yourself.

          Btw. that’s how I justify pirating movies as well. I still consider it stealing though. I just don’t feel any remorse for it.

          • @0x0@programming.devEnglish
            2•2 months ago

            Yeah, piracy is illegal and it’s, in practice, stealing IRL but digital piracy ain’t stealing for sure. You’re not subtracting anything…

            They can and do claim that they lost revenue but they can never claim you stole the movie - they still have it, you just didn’t pay them for an extra copy. Rip a friend’s DVD, same thing.

            Now if you were to hack them and steal all the movie raw material… but then again, Hollywood just spews out garbage nowadays,

            Anyway not a lawyer, don’t care, stay safe.