Re:The Anti-Ownership eBook Economy
by randunel on Thursday July 13, 2023 @02:43AM
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He pays them when they don't DRM their content. Pirates would get a much better experience, otherwise, by not having to put up with the DRM crap. I'm doing the same as OP in other domains. Whether the message is understood or not depends on how many of us do it. It's called activism.
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Re:The Anti-Ownership eBook Economy
by marcus_holmes on Thursday July 13, 2023 @03:36AM
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This. It's low-key activism, for sure, but it is activism.
Not only do you get to take stuff for free, you also get to feel smug about being an activist. Amazing.
This is, respectfully, bullshit.
Are you having an impact? Do you have publishers quaking in their boots? Do you even have a plan to extract your demands? Or are you just pirating shit you want to read and dressing it up as meaningful? Which achieves what?
Activism would mean you are out there convincing people who don’t already agree with you, and making hard choices about your own consumption, such as with a boycott.
You’re just enjoying the fruits of people’s labour without compensating them.
Cheap, cheap, cheap.
Re:The Anti-Ownership eBook Economy
by marcus_holmes on Thursday July 13, 2023 @08:56PM
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"Be the change you want to see in the world." I can only control my behaviour. If enough of us behave the same way, then the world will change.
Your attitude is, respectfully, not helping.
Yes, nobody would be able to create content anymore because everyone would be stealing their book.
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Re:The Anti-Ownership eBook Economy
by Brometheus on Thursday July 13, 2023 @03:27AM
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Making a copy is not theft. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeTybKL1pM4