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Countless Screaming Argonauts Jul 28, 2023

Everyone: Let's use this worldwide communication network to download all the movies and TV show we could ever want.
Hollywood Execs: But that would be piracy!
Everyone: So what?
Hollywood: If you pirate these movies, the people that make them won't get paid for doing so.
Everyone: So if we get the movies through you, they will get paid?
Hollywood:
Hollywood: I never said that.

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Rod Hilton Jul 28, 2023

@nickwedig the moral argument against piracy has collapsed.

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Rev. GothAlice Jul 28, 2023

@rodhilton @nickwedig And the argument for "piracy" as preservation has only skyrocketed, as production companies shift their content between streaming providers to maximize profits, giving the shaft to consumers who can't (and aren't) paying subscribers of literally every service.

Sure, I haven't been given a perpetual license to X media, but they sure as hell can't stop me. (2TiB+ of YouTube archived so far…)

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Rev. GothAlice

@rodhilton @nickwedig Ultra-classical example: a B&W German archive of the first animated film, Prince Achmed. A sequel to Aladdin. The actual story, not Disney's variant.