• Alien Nathan Edward@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Are you a thief?

    I think that when they define “thief” as someone who will watch a TV show on Dailymotion when there’s no other way to get it, they’re going to be surprised how many people (especially schoolkids) are willing to say “Yes, I’m a thief.”

    • Trihilis@feddit.nl
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      1 year ago

      The record and movie industry must be paying out of their asses to have this shit taught in schools.

      Let’s teach our kids the importance of making billionaires richer and not actual important stuff like checking facts or making a well informed decision when voting.

      Absolute dystopian bullshit.

  • FranticParrot@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    By understanding the motivations of today’s youth, the anti-piracy group hopes to be in a better position to influence their behavior.

    I pirate because I don’t get paid the full value of my labor. Pay me more and I’ll buy more goods and services. It’s also more convenient to have everything in one place.

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      1 year ago

      The other annoying thing is that “owning” something is getting to be non-existent anymore. Sure, I can “buy” all the seasons of Supernatural from iTunes. But I only “own” the show for was long as I have my iTunes subscription, and iTunes has the rights to show it, and I have internet service with enough bandwidth to stream it, and I’m not under a bandwidth cap or some other restriction.

      Or I can grab a copy and it’ll happily live on my hard drive forever, no need to worry about subscriptions or streaming rights or bandwidth limitations.

      Tell me: in which of those scenarios do I actually “own” the series?