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Redditors having a normal one about the DPRK again (hexbear.net)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Concerning. Looking into it!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Why is the content ubiquitously pirated if it's legal and totally acceptable in NK?

I could imagine someone unfamiliar with America saying "weed is ubiquitous and nobody gives a shit", but that'd be a massive oversimplification given we have a metric fuckton of people in prison for nonviolent drug offenses.

Could it not be the case that in NK that pirating and watching foreign media is both extremely common and against the law/lands people in prison?

And if that is the case, then even if this one case happens to be fabricated, there's likely a ton of cases where people are actually imprisoned for breaking the law, since that's usually how breaking laws goes. I don't think it should be against the law to watch foreign media.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Why is the content ubiquitously pirated if it's legal and totally acceptable in NK?

This is speculation, but I'm gonna take a wild guess and say South Korea refuses to license media to the DPRK so they literally have no other choice but to pirate it. Like if you tried to obtain a PS1 game in the West right now, Sony isn't selling the vast majority of them any longer so your best bet is to download it from a ROM site.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Thanks for at least giving a plausible explanation instead of tightening your asshole and throwing insults because someone suggested that there might be a flaw with the mighty DPRK like the other commenter who responded to me.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

Lol, even why we are civil and provide detailed answers to you Libs who wander in here you still end up bitching about how mean we are to you.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Why is the content ubiquitously pirated if it's legal and totally acceptable in NK?

Do you pay for content??

Could it not be the case

there's likely a ton of cases

I don't think it should be

Thank you for your feels based analysis