Okay first thing, obviously I know where I'm posting, so I know the stance here on piracy would be almost entirely favouring it, I pirate shit too so my position is not against it. This is more of a discussion around a "devil's advocate perspective" view of piracy
Piracy has always existed with or without DRM or poor-corporate practices, but nowadays it gets flagged or really justified as a "movement" against predatory companies or greedy service developers, when I'm leeching on my seedbox I'm doing my part to "fight the big fight" against tech oligarchies or something.
Someone might say "capitalism is the issue" or something, and that because there's no ethical consumption under capitalism piracy is the system that festers as a result. While I don't even disagree totally with this sentiment I think the idea piracy wouldn't exist under any other economic framework is silly, people will always want free shit, even if its under socialism or communism, this is also part of why the sentiment in paragraph 2 is bullshit, I don't think that guy leeching from Moscow really cares at all about "consumer rights".
So is piracy just a necessary consequence of the impossibility of digital scarcity? Are all seeders evil people who talk about taking down corporations but balk at the idea of paying small producers? Does it really matter the size of what store you're stealing from? Is it even stealing at all?
Piracy has always existed with or without DRM or poor-corporate practices, but nowadays it gets flagged or really justified as a "movement" against predatory companies or greedy service developers, when I'm leeching on my seedbox I'm doing my part to "fight the big fight" against tech oligarchies or something.
Someone might say "capitalism is the issue" or something, and that because there's no ethical consumption under capitalism piracy is the system that festers as a result. While I don't even disagree totally with this sentiment I think the idea piracy wouldn't exist under any other economic framework is silly, people will always want free shit, even if its under socialism or communism, this is also part of why the sentiment in paragraph 2 is bullshit, I don't think that guy leeching from Moscow really cares at all about "consumer rights".
So is piracy just a necessary consequence of the impossibility of digital scarcity? Are all seeders evil people who talk about taking down corporations but balk at the idea of paying small producers? Does it really matter the size of what store you're stealing from? Is it even stealing at all?
Discuss or dont idk