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Last week, I re-took the national baccalaureate exam this year, Algeria. and this came up in the English exam. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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You have to choose one of 2 exam papers. Would you choose the second subject ? the one revolving around piracy denial that is.

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[-] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 75 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Here's my mildly diplomatic answer that'd probably get tossed:

Piracy has become a plague on our society, but there's a more sinister cause to it. The average labourer can hardly afford to pay the same fee to access culture that the wealthy person can, and this has caused a significant and justified uptick in piracy.

This situation can be averted by increasing minimum wages and supporting universal basic income. If everyone knew they could at least make ends meet, they'd have some left over to pay for the culture that mattered to them.

[-] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 59 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It's not only price. I don't agree that spotify has the right to a monopoly in music sales. Neither shall youtube have it for videos or adobe for image editing.

There is a market imbalance and the only protest that's left for me is to pirate content.

[-] best_username_ever@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 months ago

I would ask how it is theft when I’m prevented from buying media from other countries. I can’t buy Romanian movies or Swedish books. It’s illegal for me to give them money. Where is the theft here?

[-] NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth 2 points 2 months ago

Why?

[-] best_username_ever@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago

Why what? They don’t want my money, and I can clone it without harming anyone. Is it theft?

[-] NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth 3 points 2 months ago

Why can’t you give them money legally?

[-] best_username_ever@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I just can’t. They are European countries and when I try to create an account to buy something, I am informed that I can’t create an account from another country (which should be illegal nowadays but they don’t seem to care).

There are laws to allow someone buying Romanian stuff from France, but they don’t care. I know it’s a niche thing, but if they refuse customers, they can’t complain about piracy.