https://social.hails.org/@hailey/113081760374774478
from the replies:
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“Piracy already has a definition, and I don’t have a boat. Now it’s just independent archiving.”
- If buying isn’t owning, piracy isn’t stealing
Just a PSA: VPN and cover your ass as you pirate.
PSA = Pirate Service Announcement?
That should be a mandatory phrase for all pirate communities.
Ideally use a VPN with port forwarding (like AirVPN
or Mullvad) so you can properly seed :)Mullvad hasn’t had port forwarding for like a year or more?
https://mullvad.net/en/blog/removing-the-support-for-forwarded-ports
ProtonVPN also has port-forwarding.
That being said, last time I tried it, their Linux GUI was abysmal, though I hear they recently did a revamp. I haven’t used it yet though so I can’t speak on it beyond that.
Just something to keep mind.
Edit: Syntax.
Since the publishers are also trying to suppress out-of-print media, abandonware and public domain material (also fair use) and the courts are favoring the publishers over the good of the public, we know it’s no longer about promoting science and useful arts or building a robust public domain.
The companies and courts alike are breaking the social contract, hence the trmporary monopolies enstated by the agencies of the same state are invalid. Piracy is no longer a valid crime since the state licenses are no longer valid.
(They will still enforce the will of the state — ICE does a lot of raids to enforce commercial interests when it’s not massacring refugees— but that doesn’t legitimize the will of the state. It only shows they are willing tyrants glad to use violence to oppress.)
We have nothing to lose but our chains!
“Copyright should protect the artist, not the publisher.”
But what would the Jesus do?
Produce infinite copies of bread loaves, and then get arrested because the baker lobby doesn’t like that.
inb4: The Internet Archive took a dumb decision
yeah we know that they went too much against the powers that be. That was stupid, they could have lived to fight another day, but still, if you’re a pirate you must know their actions were ethically correct.
Its hard to justify stealing entertainment. Most arguments are centered around the fact the artist usually makes almost nothing so you aren’t even paying them for it.
Copyright makes sense to protect creativity to an extent, until we figure out some other way artists can make a living.
It isn’t theft, it’s copyright infringement. Otherwise known as a bullshit crime that corporations invented to force the state to protect their bottom line. An individual infringing on a corporations copyright is, at worst, neutral. The artists working on these movies, games, albums, etc are either salaried, contracted, or having the majority of their profits siphoned off from their publisher. If you really care about supporting artists, throw independent artists a few bucks where you can and “steal” to your hearts content from the companies that already exploit their creative workforce.
Honestly, I wish pirating measurably hurt corporations bottom lines. They need to go down and that would be the easiest way to do it. But decades of rampant piracy have shown that piracy actually helps these companies in most instances, as people who have pirated a product and like it are more likely to purchase the product in the future compared to someone who simply hasn’t used the product in question.
Additionally, many smaller or independent creators either don’t give a shit about piracy or actively encourage those without the means to pay to pirate it anyway. People who are doing it for the love of their craft aren’t profit centered ghouls who only care about enriching themselves and create things to contribute to our shared culture and entertainment. Pull your head out of your ass
Copyright makes sense to protect creativity to an extent, until we figure out some other way artists can make a living.
Corps make BILLIONS thanks to copyright. It’s not protecting creativity, real creators don’t get that money.
I agree that work has to paid, but this is ridiculous.
where can i still get the wii u library?
From the official Nintendo server, if you have an app that then removes the protection from the downloaded files.
On the Switch /s
