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Once a pirate, always a pirate (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 2 years ago by dramaticcat@discuss.tchncs.de to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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[-] mriormro@lemmy.world 273 points 2 years ago

I've been pirating since I was a child. That being said, I don't think it's particularly healthy to pin 'media pirating' as a personality trait.

[-] DrQuint@lemm.ee 26 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I basically stopped pirating entirely despite doing it relentlessly early in life. I still owe Capcom a thousand bucks if I am to pay that one alone back.

The basically part is that I still pirate what little music I need. Fuck the music industry.

[-] SlikPikker@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 years ago

My exception is smaller bands with bamdcamp.

Buying from there supports the artists well!

[-] mriormro@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I basically do the same. I buy a majority of albums as records from my favorite bands or just bands I want to support.

[-] ColonelSanders@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago

Yup. Pirating is about filling a need where companies sorely lack in providing services. When a company provides a shitty service or offers no viable alternative to obtaining something I would gladly pay for, pirating bridges that gap.

[-] spookedbyroaches@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

Do you know what community this is?

[-] fiah@discuss.tchncs.de 78 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

participating in a community ≠ making it a lifestyle

[-] spookedbyroaches@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

I think a lot of people in this community consider it a lifestyle to pirate media.

[-] lowleveldata@programming.dev 25 points 2 years ago

I think most just don't give a fuck. Definitely not enough fucks to make it a lifestyle.

[-] mriormro@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago

Yes, why?

[-] Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 years ago

Why not?

[-] mriormro@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago

Because, at the end of the day, we're basically just downloading commodity entertainment. There's nothing directly substantive about that and that's fine. Not everything we do needs to become a direct part of our identity.