Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ

59849 readers

130 users here now

⚓ Dedicated to the discussion of digital piracy, including ethical problems and legal advancements.

Rules • Full Version

1. Posts must be related to the discussion of digital piracy

2. Don't request invites, trade, sell, or self-promote

3. Don't request or link to specific pirated titles, including DMs

4. Don't submit low-quality posts, be entitled, or harass others

Loot, Pillage, & Plunder

📜 c/Piracy Wiki (Community Edition):

🏴‍☠️ Other communities

Torrenting/P2P:

Gaming:

💰 Please help cover server costs.


Ko-fi	Liberapay

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

Can Software Piracy Be Justified? (www.youtube.com)

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

69 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Huh. Based on the community this was posted in, I can assume that the answer the video comes to is "yes" and not watch it. But according to Betteridge's law of headlines the answer is "no." I need to argue about this without watching it but I don't know what stance to argue about.

Ah! I'll use the Orbit plugin to get an AI to summarize the video for me. Hm. The AI-generated summary says the video describes an anecdote about music copyright violations, talks about some ethical considerations about both music and software piracy, and then:

The speaker concludes by acknowledging the complexity of the issue and the importance of considering the perspectives of all parties involved.

So I guess the answer was "Maybe?" How am I supposed to have a pointless Internet argument about "Maybe?"

Bah. Someone attack me for using AI, at least that's a debate I can sink my teeth into.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Lazy prick! Should have just put the video on in the background while doing dishes, or do what I did and briefly skim the comments for someone to fight with! AI is dumb, it's not even named effectively and you're dumb for using it and a sheeple for calling it AI in the first place!
Fight me! ❤️

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Joke's on you, I have a dishwasher machine! Robots do my dishes for me too! It is you who is the dumb one, having to labor manually as you do!

Ah, there we go. Thanks.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And now I'm here to fight with both of you, not about what you're arguing about, but I'm going to police your tone and call you both stupid because you didn't argue in the arbitrary fashion I've determined is "correct!"

This is the least helpful contribution I can make, while simultaneously attacking you both!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Is it to early to drop in and call everyone Nazis or nah?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

You used the wrong word for "two early!" Worse than Nazi!

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

Fuck! How did I miss the most unhelpful option?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Educated guess: your brain isn't wired to be useless in an conversation

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

No worries fam, I got you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Is this the online equivalent of fisticuffs?