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- maxprime@lemmy.mlEnglish15 days
Perhaps an unpopular opinion around here, but as far as I am concerned, this is a separate form of piracy that I believe in. This guy was actively making tons of money, selling to people who were not only willing to pay artists for their work, but were unaware they were purchasing a bootleg in the first place. This type of behaviour only gives weight large corporations’ arguments when they attack people who share replications of digital files/rips.
I think his sentencing is fair.
- 15 days
Piracy ok. Make money with piracy (beyond operation cost) not ok.
- 15 days
Almost there, though the vast majority of common digital “piracy” is for personal use, and generates a barely non-zero amount of money for said “pirates”. You had it in the first bit, but the second could use some work. You’ll get there! 🤘🏼
- 15 days
I think sell bootleg for price of blank cd + electricity is ok. Imagine you on countryside with no internet. How you pirate?
- prole@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish15 days
I think the people you’re talking to are not interested in getting the artists’ permission.
- richmondez@lemdro.idEnglish15 days
I was thinking more about the cd producer and purchaser. If the purchaser knows they are getting bootlegs it’s just plain old copyright infringement, if not it’s counterfeiting.
- prole@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish14 days
And why wouldn’t the artist who made the thing not be included in, “everyone involved” that needs to know?
Fucking over consumers is the antithesis of pirating corpo property. Anybody unable to see the distinction is a child and a dolt. This guy deserves the consequences of his actions.
13 daysIts fine piracy isnt theft and these people weren’t going to buy the full priced product anyway
- SitD@lemy.lolEnglish12 days
😭 heartless person on the internet thinks it’s funny that Taylor swift will be homeless after the next failed rent payment
