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Why do anti-piracy people often treat us as the "villains" of the story? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 4 weeks ago by incognito08@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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75% of the anti-piracy discussions I see rarely blame companies like Nintendo or Disney and always try to talk about how piracy is immoral, and you should feel "dirty" for doing it. My question is why do people seem to hate those who pirate more than the bad practices of mega-corporations or the fact that they don't want to preserve their media?

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[–] ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I stand by what I said: if everyone pirated, no one would be making or funding big-budget movies because there would be no money to be made. Coming up with alternative payment systems for the media we consume is all well and good, but that’s not piracy - it actually just reinforces my point about paying being the moral thing to do. My argument isn’t that the current system is good; it’s that piracy wouldn’t be sustainable if everyone started doing it.

[–] ArcticPrincess@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

If everyone were doing it, it wouldn't be piracy. It would be free, legal copying.

I just presented you with several models of how big budget movies could make money, even if everyone were freely, legally copying. You haven't responded to that argument, you've merely ignored it and insisted on your original point.

[–] ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee 2 points 4 weeks ago

I don't feel like defending a view that I don't hold. I don't get the sense from your replies that you've even understood my argument.

Without the current economic model, no-one would pay for big budget productions

I haven't said that.

It doesn’t, as you imply, reduce the likelihood of big budget media existing in the future

I haven't said that either.

a centralised fund we all contribute to in proportion to our means

Correct me if I'm wrong but that sounds a lot like paying for the content

many small scale investors.. ..like Kickstarter

This sounds like paying for the content too.

a legislated solution that protects copyright until artists are sufficiently recompensed

Recompensed? Sounds like getting paid.

To me it seems like there's no disagreement here.