Remember kids, if buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing!
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Remember kids, if buying is owning, piracy still isn't stealing. You can make infinite copies of digital media.
It's still very much copyright infringement. I don't give a shit about CI, but it still is that.
That's still not stealing though.
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i really hate how they call it a 'library', very disingenuous if it's all on their servers and predicated on their fucking license agreements
what if real libraries had to throw away books because harpercollins got pissy. would anyone stand for it? (probably yes)
You mean like southern states banning books because they are "offensive"?
Ironically, the christian Bible is one of the most offensive books there is
because of all the socialist propaganda in it?
and the massive jizzing donkey dicks
They're actually mens dicks the size of donkeys. Be accurate my dude.
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Oh, we don't believe God's word in those parts.
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I'm more worried about their definition of buy ;)
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The feel when no pirate gf
"what a nice digital you have there, shame if someone take it from you."
Want me to buy your media legally? Oh please, this is tremendously easy to do for a corporation!
- Downloadable files (you have files, right? Otherwise how are you streaming out the stuff)
- ...with open codecs (you are using an open codec right? Otherwise you have to encode your stuff like 10 times for 10 different devices each with its own idiosyncrasy)
- ...without DRM (you have clean copies right? it'd not be smart to base a business model on files you can't open, see the above)
- ...at an aggregate price that's lower than paying for TV cable (you can cash in only a bit, right? It's digital media and your competition is literally over-the-air TV with extra steps, it's not like you have the mother of pearl of cancer cures here)
In other words, media as a "service" makes more money than media as a one-point sale. Why should they sell you a one-point solution when the service model makes more money for the shareholders? I love the shareholder economy; it makes all our lives better and makes us focus on what really matters at the end of the day, which is, of course, profits for people who already have too much money. :) very cool
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They exist to fuck over artists and the viewers as much as they can get away with.
I just decided I’m perfectly comfortable fucking the media companies over first.
If you want to stay truly legit, buy used physical releases. They cost less money and you could support your local record store. Movies and music on a home NAS + Plex Server are god tier.
They know. They simply do not care.
Not only that, but they think people are dumb enough to keep paying (and sometimes they're not wrong).
Oh, they care.
They got your money one way, and now their getting it another way!
There is an easy fix here:
Require mergers to refund customers impacted as part of the merger.
Refund the sale price (that's less than its value to me), or the value I placed on it (that's difficult to estimate)?
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I wish guides about cracking DRM for legally purchased content were more popular
The reason they aren't is because methods for cracking DRM like Widevine are kept extremely secret so that the exploits don't get patched. It does mean that a lot of content is locked to whatever the scene decides is worth their time to crack and distribute, but if anyone made the methods they use public, they would stop working very quickly.
This happened with a version of Denuvo. Someone leaked an unobfuscated cracked version of a game (I think it was Need for Speed), giving Denuvo the opportunity to study how their protection got cracked.
What does Widevine actually do? You may not be able to download directly but you can just use OBS
You'll get worse quality. Widevine doesn't let you play 4K content on unapproved systems. It's also way less convenient. Obviously, pirates are not affected because they can just download Star.Wars.XII.Galactic.Boogaloo.WEBRIP.4K-DarkNaruto69.mkv, it's only an issue if you try to watch content legally for some reason.
Feels like “buy” should be in quotes
There absolutely needs to be a law that forces companies to make this abundantly clear and make the usage of "buy" illegal in those cases. It should be "rent" or "purchase temporary license."
Yuuup. It's basic consumer protection. Imagine if a car dealership were allowed to do what we let media companies get away with. You go to the dealership, sign a contract that you didn't fully read, and then ten years later Toyota shows up to steal your car because clause 78 of section G(4) says that the manufacturer reserves the right to repossess anything they made at any time. They wouldn't be able to finish stealing that car before a thousand hungry lawyers ate them alive. Why do we let media companies do that?
They wouldn’t be able to finish stealing that car before a thousand hungry lawyers ate them alive. Why do we let media companies do that?
They would probably actually have a decent shot at getting away with it, at least at first.
And to answer your question, it's because the anger that companies generate by doing this shit ends up turning into piracy. Why would you try to punish a corp for doing this (likely wasting your time) when a cheap VPN and basic tech literacy gets you what you want?
The effort ratios are way out of wack when it comes to digital products. It's easy to get around digital bullshitery, not so much in the real world where we are all car dependant.
There should almost be a "buy a license to..." distinction like how some games are free versus free to play.
This kind of shitfuckery has been going on for as long as DRM has been around and yet people still fall for the scam.
Making their products harder to use, while making them more expensive
As opposed to buying it illegally, or stealing it legally?
Buying it illegally is what some people do. I wish I could find the article I read, but pirate cable is definitely a thing in some places
Stealing legally is what the cops do when they commit ~~robbery~~ civil asset forfeiture
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You can pay for illegal content and you can take something without permission, legally.
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