(i’m also gonna ambush my friends about Signal on sunday and coerce them to download it to get rid of the green bubbles)
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Totally agree. The self aggrandizing, "hero of digital media preservation" thing is getting a bit ridiculous.
Aggrandize deez nuts bro. And being a hero of digital media preservation is only one of the myriad of reasons to pirate, such as
Not accidentally signing away your rights to sue Disney due to forced arbitration when you avail a free trial of Disney+
No drm
Puts economic and financial pressure on the studio to keep games cheap
I'll eat my hat if that turns out to be a working defence for Disney, so as a reason to pirate, it's pretty feeble.
Duh?
Hardly. Hollywood is breaking box office records every other month, and the pirating community is very, very small compared to the larger population. Have you looked at video game prices lately? Movie ticket prices? Theyre out of control, seemingly not bothered by piracy in the slightest. Studio lawyers are going after piracy because they have nothing else better to do then pursue every point of revenue increase they possibly can, including going after the small fish.
But you forgot the biggest reason....It's free.
The large majority of people who pirate couldn't give a shit about "digital media preservation". Sure, people all have their own reasons, but to the other commentors point, most people are gonna delete shit right after they listen/play/watch it. Storage space is expensive.
Just because they don’t give a shit about media preservation doesn’t mean they’re not helping towards media preservation by pirating. Just by downloading a torrent you share upload bits of it while you download, even if you stop and delete it after you watch it. And i’d argue, the more people have media, the less likely it will fade away in 100 years.
Also, eat your hat, my friend
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/08/disney-stops-claiming-disney-terms-require-arbitration-in-allergy-death-case/
How does this article show it was a valid defence? They withdrew, as they knew it clearly wasnt going to work for them, so im not sure what your point is...
Oh oof