FTC seeks to block Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard

Re:FTC seeks to block Microsoft's acquisition of Activision ... by SamReidHughes on Thursday December 08, 2022 @09:40PM (#33916729)

While I'm very much pro-IP, the concept of fair use exists. If the content is available for purchase, then piracy takes from Disney's profits. But if it is not available, and won't be, then pirating it doesn't affect Disney's profits. (There are obviously counter-arguments to this, contingent on the situation.)

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Re:FTC seeks to block Microsoft's acquisition of Activision ... by p0pcult on Thursday December 08, 2022 @09:44PM (#33916762)

This has nothing to do with the concept of "fair use."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use?wprov=sfla1

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Re:FTC seeks to block Microsoft's acquisition of Activision ... by SamReidHughes on Thursday December 08, 2022 @11:34PM (#33917484)

Yes, it does, both indirectly, as fair use is an example of using copyrighted material and this is another one, and directly, because categorizing a use as fair use involves the commercial impact of the use.

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Re:FTC seeks to block Microsoft's acquisition of Activision ... by p0pcult on Friday December 09, 2022 @07:55AM (#33920700)

You really ought to read the wikipedia page. Fair use does not allow you to consume copyrighted material. Fair use allows:

>commentary, search engines, criticism, parody, news reporting, research, and scholarship.

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Re:FTC seeks to block Microsoft's acquisition of Activision ... by SamReidHughes on Sunday December 11, 2022 @05:05PM (#33948072)

I'm not saying it's fair use. It isn't. The premise behind my comment relates to the underlying morality behind fair use, which doesn't involve obedience to the law.

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