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submitted 7 months ago by Rentlar@lemmy.ca to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

Here's a table I adapted from Louis Rossman's video on the levels of piracy, grey areas and his morals and ethics on it. (spreadsheet file)

I tried to condense each rank and make it less about a specific type of media like CD audio or DVD video, along with a table of simplified characteristics of each situation. Of course more levels can be added and there are many situations not covered. This hierarchy is simply the way Louis ordered it from more to less justifiable; he respects people can think about it differently and I do too. He suggests that he doesn't really care about people that pirate without giving a shit about creators, and that he only has a problem with people who aren't honest with themselves about their motivations.

Setting legality aside, what 'level of piracy' is morally or ethically acceptable to you?

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[-] GigaWerts@lemmy.eco.br 26 points 7 months ago

I pirate be because I don't have money, that's why.

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 15 points 7 months ago

In a sense, not being able to afford it is itself a region lock on it.

[-] MantidSys@kbin.social 3 points 7 months ago

If you assume they're from countries with weaker economies. Meanwhile, I live in the US, and I survive under the poverty line. Nothing about the US is 'region-locked', I'm just treated like shit for being disabled. It's a lack of income first and foremost.

[-] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Thank goodness LM can't see this because that would be the cue for a corporate bootlicker to say "yOu dOnt HavE to PlAY thEm tO sURviVe"

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

Which of course makes no sense - if you don't have the money to buy it either way, pirating has no effect on revenue.

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