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Re:YouTube will now show ads on all videos even if creators ... by ApolloFortyNine on Thursday November 19, 2020 @03:52PM (#25154205)
Illegal copying? Call it what you will, if you had paid for the Dark Knight, WB would get $5. Instead they get $0.

It's illegal and if everyone did it, movies would not exist.

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Re:YouTube will now show ads on all videos even if creators ... by Dylan16807 on Thursday November 19, 2020 @08:16PM (#25156407)
If everyone that would have paid pirates a movie then the movie industry collapses.

If everyone that wouldn't have paid pirates a movie then nothing bad happens and people enjoy things.

Arguing one of those facts while ignoring the other one is a mark of a bad argument.

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Re:YouTube will now show ads on all videos even if creators ... by ric2b on Friday November 20, 2020 @08:08AM (#25160084)
If everyone took the bus the car industry would also collapse. But if buses didn't exist people might take the train instead.

You can't just assume that people that don't use your service would be paying customers if a specific alternative wasn't there.

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