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[โ€“] TAYRN@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (28 children)

Buying something is owning. That has never changed.

You don't purchase digital goods. You buy a license to use them, under the conditions you agreed to. Piracy explicitly breaks those conditions 99.9% of the time.

So no, it isn't stealing. It's just plainly illegal. And it hurts everyone from the original artist to the multi-billion dollar company that distributes it. Whether you think that is immoral or not is up to you.

[โ€“] Apollo2323@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 years ago

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Bro is just incredible how there is people defending this multibillions dollars companies. The studios don't care about the author or the creator. They don't care about the actresses or the singers. They don't care about you as the consumer of this media. They only care about PROFIT.

Sources :

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Hollywood_labor_disputes

https://apnews.com/article/actors-strike-ends-hollywood-5769ab584bca99fe708c67d00d2ec241

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/17/business/hollywood-actors-sag-aftra-strike-by-the-numbers/index.html

As you can see these executives are not compensating the actors , the writers. The actual creators of these movies and series you said " wE sHoUldN't pIrAtE" are not even getting their good deal and let's not talk about the music industry which is the same or worst situation for the creators.

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