The topic of #piracy is complex

How do we reward #artists, but not predatory #media corps?

But even the most diehard anti-piracy opinions out there can get behind this:

If you must watch the new #HarryPotter adaptation, which I will not link to nor describe where it is:

#Pirate it

If you don't, you are funding a vile #TERF in #JKRowling who will use that money to harm #trans people

Everyone else can watch #SNL:

https://youtu.be/y2JJ2bjnUcI

#transmisia #transphobia #transRights #LGBT #LGBTQIA

Weekend Update: Dobby The House Elf on J.K. Rowling - SNL

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@benroyce Enough people will see to make piracy not make a dent in Rowling's finances.

@AubreyDeLosDestinos

it doesn't matter. it's about sending a message. the only thing that will make corporations exclude jk rowling is making her unprofitable. boycotts work. maybe a boycott here won't make big enough of a dent as you surmise, but any dent is worth pursuing, and people do listen to the deserved stink over her vile hate. so we shall make the biggest stink we can

@benroyce I meant that the boycott's nice, but I don't believe in getting the critical mass.

@AubreyDeLosDestinos

there's other ways to make noise

it's not just a boycott, it's a repertoire of rejection. a boycott does not need to stand alone. and it does matter

@benroyce

Rowling and her shit books can fuck all the way off into the heart of the sun.

@ClintonAnderson @benroyce that is fucking hilarious. How long must this saga go on? Until she expires one day? Fucks sake

@andrew @ClintonAnderson

until she is irrelevant, ignored, broke

which might take some time, but it is her deserved fate

and those who say it will never come to pass need to understand justice is a thing in this world, and it is worth pursuing

@benroyce @ClintonAnderson oh I agree Ben…I have my own priorities as far as that goes but no means to see it done. One day!
@ClintonAnderson @benroyce Please do not defile the Sun, it has done nothing wrong.

@aadeacon @benroyce

It's well up to the challenge!

🤣🤣🤣

@benroyce Counterpoint: no, everyone else CAN’T watch SNL on YouTube. #irony
@tantramar what the fuck. well that brings us back to my original piracy statement

@benroyce Well, exactly.

This has been the case as long as YouTube has existed, by the way. Not a recent thing at all.

@tantramar Awful that NBC/SNL blocks Canada from their videos. I wonder if that is a deal between Global and NBC/SNL?

@benroyce

@paul @tantramar

Chris, Paul, Conny:

i got you:

credit: https://www.youtube.com/@SaturdayNightLive

@benroyce Thanks. I'm not blocked. I can get it. I normally use a script to grab a list of videos, or even playlists of videos on Youtube I want to watch and bypass Youtube apps and UI altogether with yt-dlp. Press an icon shortcut to my script and up pops a box where I put the url of the video or playlist and wait a moment and it's down, wait another moment and it is in a "junk" library on Jellyfin, ready to watch on any of my tvs, devices, etc. ...Bypasses all those ads, trackers, nags, etc.
@tantramar
@paul @tantramar and yt-dlp made the post above possible 😁 but i just pretty much use for posting to mastodon, you're on another level

@benroyce FYI, it works on so many other video websites, too, great for so-called dvr'ing streaming tv and movies... ;) https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/supportedsites.md

It's broken on Pluto, which was great for movies but still works for Tubi and many others. There are several yt-dlp gui downloaders, also, so you can easily pick the size of a video you want. Here's one that is on an old computer I use https://github.com/Kannagi0303/yt-dlp-gui

@tantramar

@paul @tantramar

👀

does it work with like. twitter, instagram, tiktok, reddit, etc?

@benroyce I fixed the broken link. Yes, it works on any website yt-dlp already works on. It is just a front end. You still have to have yt-dlp setup already. I don't use IG or TikTok but it is on the list.

@tantramar

@benroyce Here's a reddit video, back to your Harry Potter theme
@paul @benroyce Oh, likely. Whatever it is, my interest is ephemeral, at best, typically.
@benroyce 😢 *Video unavailable
The uploader has not made this video available in your country*
It is Luxembourg.

@benroyce

Enoch Blyton aka Robert Galbraith needs to get in the Bin. And fuck yeah, pirate the shit out of everything HP related 😈

@benroyce this would be a much better version anyway
https://youtu.be/X2FAizaEkls?si=9HgbcXFI6x1Q2C8n
Heated Wizardry - SNL

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@benroyce If you like streaming, thank a pirate. If you like music by the song, thank a pirate. The industry was dead set against allowing those things.

If you like classic arcade games, thank a pirate. MAME created the arcade revival.

If you like the Internet, thank a pirate for not having to rent a 1200 baud modem from the phone company. Pirates including a deaf person defied the ban on connecting personally owned gear to the telecom network.