If they could kick in your door and take away your DVDs, they would. Fuck em, pirate away.
I think people should be paid for their work. I was happy to pay for music and movies and games. But I am not going to pay for something just to have it ripped away at a moments notice just because of corporate greed.
Additionally, I fully understand why someone would pirate when the thing they want isn’t available to them to purchase, or is out of their price range.
If there is DRM, you’re only renting it. You may be renting it until further notice for a one-off payment, but your lease could be unilaterally revoked at any time. The supplier framing your lease as a purchase is at the very least being misleading.
it’s there, its free, just take it and enjoy it
Ironically based and piracy pilled
Piracy isn’t stealing, period.
It was totally ok to pirate movies before this practice ever took place. Information had always wanted to be free.
It’s definitely stealing. I just happen to consider it morally acceptable stealing from these fuckwits.
Stealing means taking something from someone that won’t have that thing anymore.
Piracy is just duplicating. No stealing involved.
I made the same comment 5h ago https://beehaw.org/comment/6121936 Dafuq brah
I pirated it
Yes and no. People so have to make a living. They are not doing this out of the kindness of their hearts. But at the same time fuck the corporations.
I cannot stand piracy, but my computer recently escaped its containment and started downloading all these movies and TV shows that I like to watch. Does anyone know how to stop this behavior? So far I’ve tried nothing
It should say rent instead of buy and give the expiration date corresponding to the date on which the license term ends.
“Rent. Unlimited viewing until January 1, 2027.”
Yes that is the thing it was not conveyed to people that way.
I saw this coming long ago, back in the 80s, when record labels started to complain that public libraries didn’t have the right to lend their recordings, claiming that their ownership didn’t give them the right to lend it to others. They got shot down in court of course, but they just waited until the political environment would be more welcoming to their sociopathic policies.
Pirate EVERYTHING!
Honest question, if the movie reappears in the catalog on Google does the “ownership” return to the customer? My money is on no they would have to repurchase
Only if it’s exactly the same version. They’ll say you only have a license for that specific cut, and in the version now online there is one additional second of material so the license didn’t count.
Of cause it costs extra for the version with Gandalf’s Big Naturals!
We changed a black pixel in the intro credits by 1 hex value, that will be $69.99.
Fun fact: in my country (Slovakia) it’s totally legal to download things. It’s the uploading it back that’s seen as illegal, so as long as you have a paid private torrent site where you can hit’n’run you are not breaking any laws.
Same in canada, I’ve been on Usenet rather than torrents for this exact reason and its delightful
How do you like Slovakia 🇸🇰?
Is it fun?
“They seem to have a culture that very closely matches mine, speak my native language, oh and it is so convenient because all of my family also lives here too!”
Isn’t it a bit weird question to ask a native? Unless they are upset and want to move out they most likely like their country. And unless they already lived somewhere else they can’t truly compare.
i hate where i’m from and can’t afford to leave
You would have a point, but they don’t actually speak my Native language as I am of Hungarian descent and that’s my mother’s tongue.
I also spent 10 years in Czechia both studied there then worked there for a few years.
So I can compare, I’d say definitely Czechia > Slovakia, it’s just that my family is in Slovakia.
Same in Switzerland. If it’s not software, downloading is fully legal.
Piracy isn’t stealing, period.
It was totally ok to pirate movies before this practice ever took place. Information had always wanted to be free.
Both Mickey Mouse and Mario are having grand mal seizures because of your comment. How heartless.
Put on some techno music and post it, good content!
Does that mean if someone steals a car you’re leasing that they did nothing wrong?
Don’t do business with google for starters. You just know you’re gonna get screwed one way or another.
I just had to check if I still owned it on YouTube, i do. This caused a panic let me tell you
“owned”
Is this a region specific thing? I bought these years ago in HD, at some point Google automatically updated them to 4K, and they are still in my library. Should I expect these to disappear for me as well or did Google lose the ability to distribute it in certain countries/regions only?
