SuperDicq
SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo
It’s interesting how a lot of people consider downloading a mkv file of an old movie not a legitimate way to acquire it.
But they do see acquiring a used digital disc (dvd or bluray) as a legitimate way.
I don’t understand why. In neither scenario the original author gets any money.
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that debate entirely rendered moot by subscription based drm anyways
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in practice this is null and moot in the year of our lord 2026 where physical copies are becoming a thing of the past and streaming and digital services are the norm where the notion of a copy you own is obsolete thanks to drm
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@cell That argument doesn’t hold up for the reason that the author already at least got paid for the copy someone uploaded to the internet as well.
Buying second hand is literally the same thing as downloading.
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SuperDicq
SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo@snacks You could make the same argument for unauthorized digital copying.
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The used disc was paid for once
The uploaded copy on the internet was also paid for once.
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@SuperDicq @snacks as a pirate. I frequently find myself paying for merchandise of media ive pirated and enjoyed.
merch sales have a higher profit margin than the movie/game i pirated.
thus directly benefiting the company despite pirating at higher profits.
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@SuperDicq @reiko that logic only holds assuming the person you bought it from made a copy of the disk before selling it
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just cell
cell@shitposter.world
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that's as much as ten elon musks! 
look at what elon has to do to mimic a fraction of our power
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