Netflix, HBO and Cable Giants Are Coming for Password Sharers

Re:Netflix, HBO and Cable Giants Are Coming for Password Sha... by diminoten on Friday November 08, 2019 @07:51PM (#21488654)

Sorry, I'm not, and there simply is no moral argument for pirating content, because no, if you believe in intellectual property, the is nothing whatsoever different about stealing a laptop and downloading a movie.

If you believe in intellectual property, piracy is amoral. It's not pure evil incarnate, but harms more than it helps.

And yeah, of course I would download that laptop. Doesn't mean I should!

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Re:Netflix, HBO and Cable Giants Are Coming for Password Sha... by LeoNatan25 on Friday November 08, 2019 @08:01PM (#21488714)

I find it difficult to have any remorse, given that this industry is one of the most morally bankrupt and predatory. Sorry, agree to disagree.

> Sorry, I'm not

Indeed you are. Even US law disagrees with you, and that is some of the most ridiculous.

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Re:Netflix, HBO and Cable Giants Are Coming for Password Sha... by diminoten on Saturday November 09, 2019 @11:27AM (#21492409)

Yep there it is; I don't feel bad because I'm hurting bad people. Thank you for saying it, but it's no excuse.

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Re:Netflix, HBO and Cable Giants Are Coming for Password Sha... by newnothing on Sunday November 10, 2019 @04:46AM (#21497281)

There absolutely is a difference. The cost of reproducing a laptop for the owner exists and the cost of reproducing something in the digital world does not, or is negligible.

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Re:Netflix, HBO and Cable Giants Are Coming for Password Sha... by diminoten on Sunday November 10, 2019 @05:20PM (#21500562)

That's just an argument against intellectual property, which I've already said is a non-starter. If you don't believe in intellectual property at all, then of course it's fine to pirate, but if you believe in intellectual property, then you are violating your own beliefs when you pirate.

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