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Critical support for the Lemmy world peeps in their fight against pro-intellectual property nerds (hexbear.net)
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[–] 1 point 3 years ago (3 children)

There is always unwillingness by piracy advocates to acknowledge that some people do it just because they want free shit.

Some people do it just because they want free shit. I don't care. It's still good.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

    I think you’re missing the thrust of my point. I am not passing judgment on whether or not it’s OK to want free stuff. I am saying making excuses to pretend you don’t undermines the pro-piracy position.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    You were responding to:

    We also pay for their bailouts and subsidies. Piracy is ethical.

    There was nothing in this statement to suggest the motive behind piracy had anything to do whether or not it is ethical. There was nothing in this statement to indicate that the author was engaging in piracy for purely altruistic reasons.

    I don't see how the author was "making excuses to pretend [they] don't" "want free stuff." And I don't see how arguing that piracy is ethical is implicitly arguing that you only do it for altruistic reasons. I think bringing up the selfish motives behind piracy without prompting is an implicit admission that there is a connection between selfish motives and the ethics of piracy. And finally, I think parsimony is effective.

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