What's the real answer to piracy (or, does it even matter?)
6 Name: Anonymous2025-08-19 02:26
>>5 I think you cling way too tightly to the principle that every product of human work is made to be exchanged. This kind of connects back to that FOSS thread from a while ago, but the fact that so many people contribute to open source without expecting reward, and the fact that we can derive so much joy from creation itself and sharing that creation, should, even if it doesn't refute it out right, at least cast some doubt on the idea that everything needs to be paid for.
Call me a dirty communist, but I think that you are being unnecessarily factious and ad-hominem-iy to people who pirate stuff. You will find that the majority of people are actually quite "broke", and wouldn't be able to take enjoyment even a tenth of all things they enjoy (even things like education, and culture) without going "gimmie your shit now".
I think you cling way too tightly to the principle that every product of human work is made to be exchanged. This kind of connects back to that FOSS thread from a while ago, but the fact that so many people contribute to open source without expecting reward, and the fact that we can derive so much joy from creation itself and sharing that creation, should, even if it doesn't refute it out right, at least cast some doubt on the idea that everything needs to be paid for.
Call me a dirty communist, but I think that you are being unnecessarily factious and ad-hominem-iy to people who pirate stuff. You will find that the majority of people are actually quite "broke", and wouldn't be able to take enjoyment even a tenth of all things they enjoy (even things like education, and culture) without going "gimmie your shit now".