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

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

I think piracy is immoral but I still partake in it and I don't hate anyone for doing so.

It's like eating meat.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Eating animals is much worse than piracy. The livestock industry is far more destructive.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 weeks ago

The point was that both are morally wrong and I still keep doing it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago

Right, but pirating Disney-owned IP is more moral than paying for it. Disney is the number 1 company in the world for lobbying for copyright over-reach. Every dollar that goes to Disney pays for lobbyists who will continue to push for life-of-author + 90+ years, because life-of-author plus 70 years just isn't enough time to control our shared cultural heritage.

Similarly for Nintendo and software piracy.

Paying for Disney/Nintendo media is immoral.