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Visits to piracy websites have increased 12% in the past four years (www.fastcompany.com)

submitted 10 months ago by DeadNinja@lemmy.world to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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LOL.

We pay for 4K, but we don't get more than 720p unless we use some proprietary shit hardware and agree to their super-invasive "privacy policy" - and they expect people to NOT set sail in the high seas? GTFO..

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 68 points 10 months ago

Maybe people would pirate less if you let them keep what they pay for.

[-] Quexotic@infosec.pub 45 points 10 months ago

If buying isn't owning...

[-] sfgifz@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago

You're buying... A temporary permission to access certain content.

[-] Quexotic@infosec.pub 36 points 10 months ago

...then piracy isn't theft.

[-] camelbeard@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

No it's just borrowing, it's temporary anyway, I recently looked at some movies on a very old harddisk and it was like DVD quality or worse. Threw the entire disk out.

[-] Quexotic@infosec.pub 7 points 10 months ago

I don't know if it's even borrowing, really. If you borrow my drill, I can't use it. If you torrent a movie... Like... You're seeding, and more people can use it!

[-] HuntressHimbo@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It's almost like our economics models with supply and demand barely work for physical products and are even worse at modelling easily reproducible digital goods