Maybe, just maybe, that “justifies” it for some content, but certainly does not justify it for all, or even most, content. I know I’m not out pirating old Disney shit that should be open to all for free. And just looking at what’s popular on trackers, this seems pretty common. So even if nothing had changed most, if not all, of the content that is pirated would be protected.
Again, they’re shit, and I don’t care. But why not admit what you are doing? Why try to justify it? Just accepted it for what it is: you’re a dirty pirate happy to steal from them because they are shit.
People are saying it is morally justified to pirate which is the same conclusion your seemed to have reached. Nobody is saying it is legally justified.
It might just be a definition thing, but I doubt it, considering how pretty much every argument I’ve gone across is implying I said it was wrong. I view it as a neutral thing, but not justified. We’re talking about illegally taking luxury things because we don’t want to pay the price. If we were talking about no one getting hurt to take something you need, 100% justified. But we are talking about taking something you just want. I have no moral qualms about doing it, but I don’t claim to be justified in doing so.
Like I think it would be justified if it were for some piece of software that you really need but can’t afford, or would really make your life much easier. But for watching old Seinfeld episodes, or getting a new video game on release, it’s not.
Maybe, just maybe, that “justifies” it for some content, but certainly does not justify it for all, or even most, content. I know I’m not out pirating old Disney shit that should be open to all for free. And just looking at what’s popular on trackers, this seems pretty common. So even if nothing had changed most, if not all, of the content that is pirated would be protected.
Again, they’re shit, and I don’t care. But why not admit what you are doing? Why try to justify it? Just accepted it for what it is: you’re a dirty pirate happy to steal from them because they are shit.
People are saying it is morally justified to pirate which is the same conclusion your seemed to have reached. Nobody is saying it is legally justified.
It might just be a definition thing, but I doubt it, considering how pretty much every argument I’ve gone across is implying I said it was wrong. I view it as a neutral thing, but not justified. We’re talking about illegally taking luxury things because we don’t want to pay the price. If we were talking about no one getting hurt to take something you need, 100% justified. But we are talking about taking something you just want. I have no moral qualms about doing it, but I don’t claim to be justified in doing so.
Like I think it would be justified if it were for some piece of software that you really need but can’t afford, or would really make your life much easier. But for watching old Seinfeld episodes, or getting a new video game on release, it’s not.