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Is starting massively pirating things the right thing to do? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by StrangeMed@lemmy.world to c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk
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Iโ€™ve begun discontinuing many US services in favor of EU ones. However, Iโ€™ve noticed that some individuals, instead of simply ceasing to use American products, resorted to illegally downloading everything. While itโ€™s true that the money goes to the US when you pay, it canโ€™t justify disrespecting othersโ€™ hard work and effort while still consuming or using their products, and it is also illegal. This is especially true considering that they likely donโ€™t have any direct connection to MAGA. This applies to actors, directors, YouTubers, and many others. We should simply cease using their products without giving them any further consideration.

Edit: adding to the last line, we should give instead more attention to locally and European made creations and products

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[โ€“] StrangeMed@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I bet you wouldnโ€™t be happy if something you made and that youโ€™re trying to sell get copied and shared completely for free. Many people would use that without giving you a penny. It is not stealing in a stricter sense, but it would hurt your finances for sure.

[โ€“] yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de -1 points 1 month ago

I'm not a large company. As long as I'm credited appropriately I would be fine and hoping this newfound attention brings more customers to me to offset any "losses" from people who would have paid had they not pirated it.

As a real-life example, did you know that papers available on Sci-Hub receive statistically significantly more citations than those unavailable there? source

[โ€“] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee -1 points 1 month ago

I wouldn't try to sell information. Physical products, services, support, sure. But you can't sell information which has no scarcity. Maybe you could pay for someone to create something they otherwise wouldn't have, but not for something that already exists.