Is digital piracy (i.e. the unauthorized copying of digital files and the removal of digital copyright protection systems) morally wrong?
>>107612145No
it depends, in most cases no
>is ctrl+c ctrl+v morally wrong?
>>107612145Rockstar resold pirated versions of their games on steam
>>107612145Free duplication of data is fundamental to computing, so no
>>107612175lel this
>>107612145digital scarcity is retarded but I don't like the idea of my info being harvested either
>>107612175Lots of companies do similar things. They all claim to hate piracy but certainly appreciate the usefulness of it when opportunity arises.
>>107612174It’s not as simple as that. For movies and shows you have to break either DRM or BluRay protection before you can do ctrl+c
>>107612145only if you're poor(i.e. not a multimillionaire with connections to a bunch of vcs)
Not really, since you don't own it.
>>107612239bruh, your screen recording
>>107612168In which cases is it wrong?
>>107612145No. Its not really that different from buying second hand, lending an item or using your library if you think about it.Someone somewhere bought a legit copy, and then made a copy of it. Arguably, its only slightly unethical if the original copy was purchased using stolen credit card info and charge backed so the company gets nothign at all lol.But to call the sharing of digital copies unethical is to also call the act of lending unethical really.
>>107612283That’s basically creating new files, not just copying existing ones.
>>107612145It's never wrong to pirate Adobe software.
>>107612304Software cracks are full of viruses.
>>107612285If you like the product, have money, means to give it to the author, and complain about author going out of business then you're a nigger scum. Otherwise, eh, most likely not.Also, those who ask for money in exchange for pirated copies (bootlegging) deserve stoning.
>>107612294>slightly unethicalThat's literally why credit card scamming exists. Do not buy from key sites, it's very likely a cog in stolen card laundering, whether they're aware of it or not. Pirate instead.
>>107612145Depends on your morals.
>>107612365Christian moral code is the basis.
>>107612145To exclusively pirate? Maybe a little bit. If you like what you use/watch/play and you can afford it you should support the creators. Piracy as a means of testing something out first is morally perfectly fine, piracy of media that isn't available for purchase is not only morally fine it is necessary, things need to be archived and preserved, free of censorship and whatever other bullshit corporations try to pull. Media that has been "acquired" by someone else and purchase of which doesn't benefit those who made it is also morally good.
>>107612168It's either it is or it isn't, you stupid faggot
>>107612145I'd say no if it's for personal use. Debateably if it's for monetizing it.
>>107612508Hot takeIn the age of enshittification and information warfare i dont want the product to exist at all, even on another phone if the dev is the the grind for the slut coin
yes and the mental gymnastics of trying to justify stealing is one of the more abhorrent and nigger like behaviors of this board, similar to the adoption of zoomer ragebait culture
Copying is not stealing, fuck off.
>>107612638See >>107612740. The main attribute of theft is that one person actually loses access to something. For example if I steal your apple, you have one less apple. That’s now how digital piracy works.
Piracy is morally wrong and I will confess my torrenting to my local priest. I stopped pirating games because GOG exists. When there is a similar platform for music and movies I will stop with that also.
>>107612418How can something that doesn't exist be the basis for anything?
>>107612787Bandcamp let's you download the music you buy but there's not that many artists
>>107612809>Christianity doesn't exist
>>107612787bandcamp is least worst, recently heard about qobuz toomovies? yeah, a dead end, I'm afraid
>>107612828Qobuz is great and exactly what I need, sadly still not available in my country.
>>107612787I have found no condemnation of digital piracy as a sin in the Catholic Catechism. So I don’t think you have to confess it.
>>107612828You can buy BluRays and rip them to your hard drive.
When you can copy/paste a digital asset easily, you realise how obsolete and unnecessary all this DRM/copyright stuff is.But how do the creators get paid? To put in all the effort and have your work copied endlessly... For free? Doubt anyone is that altruistic for long.Best way is to pay them once, and distribute for free forever. But now with AI slop, you can't even do that.Dark days ahead, or a shakeup of epic proportions. Things will get worse before they get better: >You need an NFT to view this material! Then, after many years:>Tea, Earl Grey, hot
Is downloading a mp3 album from the internet same as stealing a CD from a store?
>>107612145numbers are not anyone's property. numbers are not scarce, and property is a way of managing scarcity. therefore property in the context of digital media does not make the slightest sense. Intellectual property is not a real thing in the slightest.
>>107612145It's morally neutral for the most part, but I'd imagine there are more times when it's morally good (or even a moral imperative) than when it's morally bad.
>>107612145Copying of drawings and statues and books etc. I don't think that was ever wrong.
>>107612145If it causes unmerited loss to somebody and/or is driven by a parasitic mindset, it is, by absolute biblical standards.Personally I don't think public archival and preservarion of old digital assets without commercial value or security backups (so long as unauthorized distribution doesn't follow) fall in such category.
