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Piracy is Good: The Moral Imperative of Sharing Knowledge (technomagnus.vercel.app)

submitted 1 year ago by harry_h0udini911@lemmy.fmhy.ml to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Piracy, in today’s context of unauthorized sharing of digital content, is wrongly condemned as immoral theft. However, it is not piracy itself that is immoral. Rather, it is the greed-driven laws and practices that censor knowledge and creative works to maximize profits. At its core, piracy is about sharing information and creative works with others, which should be seen as a moral good. 🤑

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[-] platypus_plumba@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes, and Valve can pay for the development of FOSS software because their main products are protected from piracy by laws.

You see, the money always comes from products people buy... Not from products people share for free.

[-] ayaya@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

And people can still pay for the product if they want to. I pirate every game and then buy it if it's good. You can have free software and still make money these things are not mutually exclusive. You don't need piracy laws for money to change hands.

[-] platypus_plumba@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago

Just because you do it that way doesn't mean that other people would. I'm 100% sure that most pirates don't go back and purchase what they pirated if they liked it.

Which is why pirating is illegal... Because you can't rely on the good will of people. Imagine if you opened a restaurant and you charged only if people agreed to pay. You'd go bankrupt in a month.

[-] hyde@lazybear.social 0 points 1 year ago

@platypus_plumba @ayaya that actually exist
Just some examples ... There are some offering breakfast and you pay what you want.

https://www.roadaffair.com/pay-what-you-want-restaurants/

Hundlebundle.com does the same

[-] platypus_plumba@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago

Did you read the descriptions? They are either located in very rich countries or are charities.

If they are located in rich countries, guess how people got the money to be able to pay... They got the money because they got payed for their work. Their work wasn't stolen.

And the charities, looks like an amazing initiative, but definetely not lucrative. So expansion and growth would be extremely hard. Also, they seem to rely on limited resources like supermarket leftover food.