• Wogi@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    The previous comment is more like shorthand, rather than literal truth.

    It’s faster to say piracy isn’t stealing if purchasing isn’t ownership than it is to say “if a company can simply reverse a permanent access license at any time then pirating media from them is perfectly ethical and should not be considered a crime”

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      9 months ago

      It’s bad shorthand though. In this context, there was never any “buying content” happening, nor was piracy ever “stealing”. It’s just misrepresentation of both sides.

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        9 months ago

        That’s fair, but I feel like the point is that many people go through a process where

        1. You pay money
        2. The buttons on your screen say “buy” “purchase” “check-out” or something else to that effect

        That feels like buying media, so according to the common “consumer” (hate that word) brain, you are spending money to buy content.

        At the same time, media corps have been trying to teach us for years that piracy is exactly the same as stealing.

        The whole point of the shorthand is to explain that these are not facts, they’re misconceptions, AND both of these misconceptions exist for the same reason, corporate propaganda.

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            9 months ago

            Because you’re bitching about it. Either there’s a better way to express the precise picture you’re describing, or your central argument is fundamentally flawed, and it’s an effective shorthand.

            Sure, there’s nuance. Shorthand is used to convey a nuanced thought quickly. That’s literally the point.

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              9 months ago

              Lol “bitching” about it.

              Weird logic. Pointing out something that isn’t accurate but gets parroted anyways means I need to come up with a better thing to parrot.

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                9 months ago

                There’s no logic here. You’re right and they’re just throwing a tantrum because it means they’re wrong.

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                  9 months ago

                  I am not sure of all the posters here, you would want to mention “throwing a tantrum” in regards to being wrong. But hey I for one am a fan of your posts, it has been fun reading.

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                    9 months ago

                    I don’t see anywhere that I’ve thrown a tantrum. I’ve been civil and respectful of all the people replying to me, even when they haven’t returned that in kind, and even attempted to bring some replies back to civility when I felt like the person was arguing in earnest. My point stands and no one has really argued the actual point without contradicting themselves.