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by redundantly 1112 days ago
We disagree before your argument even begins to form. I don't believe that piracy, the act of downloading a movie, tv show, or song is stealing.

On the flip side, these corporations take from society and refuse to give back thanks to ridiculously long copyright protection terms.

They take advantage of their workers, paying a fraction of a penny to them that they make.

They screw artists over with bad contracts or lousy residuals.

They defraud investors by purposely producing works they know won't perform well.

They use things like the DMCA to bankrupt anyone that tries to write software that gets around DRM.

They threaten to sue people into oblivion that use P2P software to download something they "own."

They cover up the crimes of pedophiles and other sexual predators because they make them money.

So, again, I don't care about the pocketbooks of these corporations. I don't care that someone can download a movie without paying for it. I don't care that groups like rarbg or TPB exist.

> you are my enemy

This is exactly the type of thing an internet white knight would write. You're ridiculous.

1 comments

Cool, a gish-gallop of whataboutisms. Good job.

> This is exactly the type of thing an internet white knight would write. You're ridiculous.

I'm responding to a comment that is defending another comment that said:

> o7 thank you for your service

> Where one piracy site dies, a thousand spawn from its corpse.

Et cetera. Have a nice day, enemy.

> Cool, a gish-gallop of whataboutisms. Good job.

Cool. Brushing off what I wrote instead of addressing it. Good job.

> I'm responding to a comment that is defending another comment

Then perhaps you should respond to that comment instead.

> Have a nice day, enemy.

Ah, never mind, you were in fact responding to me.

Farewell, Ser White Knight.

Ridiculous.