Luap314Dec 3, 2023
nano's old account's rotting corpse
if buying isn’t owning, then piracy isn’t stealing
Dec 2, 2023 at 10:00pmWeb
Show threadKevin Karhan Dec 2, 2023

@nano #Piracy never was #Stealing - it's at best unauthorized #copying aka. "#forgery"...

Because the original material is still in the possession of the owner - it's not "stolen" like a car or it's tires...

Show threadVery Human RobotDec 3, 2023

@nano

If you carefully read the fine print, you're not "buying," you're "renting."
A true capitalist never sells their capital, they only give temporary access to it in exchange for rents.

Show threadAlissaDec 3, 2023
@nano thats... GENIUS!!!!
Show threadwhat the duckDec 3, 2023
@nano And the thing is, the corporate powers that be want to take away buying and replace it with renting, where they can change the terms of the lease any time they want however they want, so you don't even have rights as a renter. I mean, lol at BMW charging subscription fees for heated seats, but you know lots of people are paying them. Just another disgrace in a very long series of them.
Show threadRob Thornton (“No Planet B”)Dec 3, 2023
@nano straight on.
Show threadChupacabra 78704Dec 3, 2023

@nano I have always been there.

Let's have fun.
Information begs to be free.

The truth should be easily accesable.

Show threadHouse Panther Dec 3, 2023
@nano These days you buy a very expensive license to use something. No more true ownership.
Show threadsabikDec 3, 2023
@housepanther @nano
Except the artists get the smaller royalty for a sale rather than the larger one for a license
Show threadFreudian Mistake Dec 3, 2023
@nano when i get a worse experience by buying it than ripping it, I'll just rip it
Show threadSinnamon (despicable arc 😈)Dec 3, 2023
@[email protected] I'd like to see the "you wouldn't steal a car" meme but with "you wouldn't repossess an already paid car" (in reference to online marketplaces that remove games that people have "bought", making them unavailable anymore without any kind of refund)
Show threadAroop RoelofsDec 3, 2023
@nano Some call it stealing, others call it "unauthorized distributed archival" ;)
Show threadSparkyDec 4, 2023
@nano This. Also, frankly, with corporations just blatantly scraping the web and taking whatever user-generated content there is as food for their AIs without asking for permission - let alone compensation - I think that them whining about piracy is a very "pot calling the kettle black" situation.
Show threadBibbleCoDec 4, 2023
@nano does that apply to leased cars?