What if you're pirating to avoid agreeing to an EULA that lets a giant corporation murder your family members?
Yeah, that lawsuit from last week is also why I started pirating 20 years ago.
Try the Sony BMG Rootkit, contained on music CDs:
In 2005 it was revealed that the implementation of copy protection measures on about 22 million CDs distributed by Sony BMG installed one of two pieces of software that provided a form of digital rights management (DRM) by modifying the operating system to interfere with CD copying. Neither program could easily be uninstalled, and they created vulnerabilities that were exploited by unrelated malware. One of the programs would install and "phone home" with reports on the user's private listening habits, even if the user refused its end-user license agreement (EULA), while the other was not mentioned in the EULA at all. Both programs contained code from several pieces of copylefted free software in an apparent infringement of copyright, and configured the operating system to hide the software's existence, leading to both programs being classified as rootkits.
I have a few of those CD's. They also have copy protection to keep people from copying the CD's. It doesn't work.
You can't really have effective copy protection on any disc that can be played in a basic CD player; they're just too simple.
So Sony's approach was to put an autorun installer for a 'music player' on the disk too. If installed, it attempted to lock your CD drive from being used by any other software and couldn't be easily uninstalled. And they pirated open-source software (yes, that's possible) to build it.
SMH My Head.
Even if it did we's still find a way to copy it. I copy Ultra HD-Blu-rays I purchase to my hdd as a backup. DRM only serves to punish those who actually spend money on media.
Then you're violating the law! Just agree to the 40 page legalese text as if you were on an equal footing.
Still not theft.
I'm fine with people calling piracy theft, if it means they'll pirate more.
I'm over here pirating things because I don't want to pay for them but I'll probably never watch/play them. Which side of the image am I?
I guess if you aren't consuming then you must just really enjoy the theft aspect of it. You're on the right
Once unskippable warnings and ads appeared on DVDs I bought, I became a lost cause.
If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't theft. It is something else.
Theft is such an ugly word. It's really taking from the rich and giving to the poor.
Keep robbin', stay hoodin'.
I am a willing kleptomaniac
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You pirate content to save money and protest the excesses of capitalism.
I pirate content because I enjoy singing sea shanties with the mates while seeding torrents.
We are not the same.
What a great show. I really appreciate this meme.
Over the Garden Wall for those who don't know. It was a miniseries Cartoon Network did in the 2010s and I agree, it was a really great show.
Because I'm a cheap bastard.
And also because I'm a third worlder and piracy is my only access.
If you can’t own it, you might as well “steal it”
But hey, property is theft anyways so who the fuck cares if I copy media without paying the ghouls who “own” the work made by other people they pay pennies of their dollar
Why not both?
If purchasing doesn't convey ownership, copying cannot be theft.
Underrated comment. Upvote it more
My friend (an old lady unfamiliar with pirates) bought a dvd the other day. A comedy from 15 years ago.
It had been censored. Offensive dialogue dubbed over. No warning on rhe package.
Yo ho forever.
Morality is a great tool for justifying legal enforcement of my desires. All it takes is a good argument connecting the two.
The arguments are getting less good here tho. They're getting very thin and flimsy.
What would happen if we threw away the moral argument?
What if instead of offering a moral argument for why you shouldn't pirate their movies, Disney just said "come at me bro"?
Based theft of pixels on screen
And the selection is VASTLY superior.
Instead of accessing only what netflix is "offering" today, I have access to EVERYTHING. All the time. Forever. Even obscure weird old stuff.
The entire body of media created by the human race is mine!
I was just sick of looking through several apps to see if I had access to something.
You can also say that you download games from green steam *torrent
I just like getting my dumb blorbos without having to have a spreadsheet of where to find them scattered over 20 different services
I pirate because I want to watch Last Exile now, not 3 months ago when Hulu had the rights to it, and not some time in the future when they may acquire the rights again
Also it's easier than finding physical copies of 30 year old OVAs
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