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
💰 Please help cover server costs.
You all remember just a few weeks ago when Sony ripped away a bunch of movies and TV shows people “owned”? This ad is on Amazon. You can’t “own” it on Prime. You can just access it until they lose the license. How can they get away with lying like this?
I just do the morally correct thing. Buy it, then pirate it so I really do own it forever. Inconvenient from a data storage perspective but the only simple solution I have on hand.
Sometimes I do what I call "time travelling" where I pirate first with the intention to buy later when it's cheaper.
Wouldn't call that piracy.
100%. That's a backup.
Or don't buy it, then pirate it.
Depends on what it is. I'll freeboot full priced games by well known companies that I don't want to support but smaller games from studios trying their heart out? I'm a sucker for chucking money at them.
The full context of the quote is, while yes, the prospect of the complete elimination of private property is terrifying for some people (even socialists), the idea is that in the future, you won't need to own anything and your life will be simpler and theoretically more fulfilling if we're not preoccupied with owning things and keeping up with the Joneses.
but you'll notice that it doesn't say "we'll own nothing and be happy". they're not willing to take the medicine they prescribe for you. they're part of the class that's destined to own everything.
How can they get away with lying like this?
The own* the people who decide what they can get away with.
*as in actually own, not their single-instance redefinition of "own" where it means 'definitely do not own'
I feel like an outsider on these debates. I totally agree we should be able to own forever.
In my case I find there is so much new TV and movies I rarely go back to re-watch shows or movies so owning them isn't on my radar. It's a challenge just to watch a whole series I find.
I'm wondering how often do people beyond kids re-watch movies and TV shows? Kids seem to be able to rewatch the same movies several times a day..
For me it's preparing for future nostalgia, I want to be able to just "have it' to look back on. It may sound strange to some people I guess but I can't properly get "invested" in a show/movie/game without the knowledge that I'll be able to rewatch it again, maybe at some point when I'm in my 80s and feel nostalgic about it. It's a major barrier to my enjoyment in the present. It's like why people take photos of things. 99% of what I would torrent are things I have access to now, that I would happily pay through the nose for if I could just own it in a DRM-free format.
They didn't cut Amber out, I won't be watching it at any price including free.
Wait, you mean I don't actually own Jason Momoa now? What about my kingdom, do I still own that? (It's hard to tell, since it's lost.)
You just can't see the microscopic "for" in "OWN IT ^for NOW"
Because they control the FTC and any other regulatory agencies. It's called regulatory capture. The only other way they can be held accountable is through the pay to play court system which is biased towards them because they can drag it out until the other party gives up.
When they say "Own it now" they mean own it through Amazon Prime. I don't like it either but legally that is fine.