Piracy: Common Myths

[notsu]

It's only illegal to upload, downloading is legal.
This myth comes into being from people being taken to court for uploading. In reality downloading is illegal too, however the fees for uploading combined with downloading can be much bigger, setting a larger example, so that's generally what companies take people to court for, to make the biggest example out of them.

Does anyone know why Meta didn't face any repercussions for pirating like 80TB of books, then? They claimed not to seed but if downloading is illegal too, they should be getting sued to oblivion, no?

 

[raxadian]

Take a look at this:

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/202...om-2006-2008-are-rotting-away-in-their-cases/

So unless you rip your own old DVDs say goodbye.

 

[LagunaLoire88]

Take a look at this:

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/202...om-2006-2008-are-rotting-away-in-their-cases/

So unless you rip your own old DVDs say goodbye.

It is old news, I love more and more people seeing articles like this as new news, disc rot has been very common in the retro gaming scene for years with Sega/Mega CD and 3D0 games are suffering this right now, including the games that are vacuumed sealed and including the grading serrvice cases so buy an ultras rare game that is rated and have it dead and unsualble if you get it out the case.

What is funny the vynil discs have been poopular again and the greatest thing that there are records over 60 years old and still work.

This issue was so well known early on for cdr/dvdr days as it never replaced business using tapes for backups asif they preserved properly can last over hundred of years and when they saw the shelf life of discs, it was never considered to be adopted over tapes for backups.

 

[CoolMe]

Take a look at this:

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/202...om-2006-2008-are-rotting-away-in-their-cases/

"The theory, which has not been substantiated by WBD, is that the defective discs all came from a specific manufacturing plant in Pennsylvania that used subpar materials and cut corners, resulting in poorly made discs."
Ah, makes perfect sense..

 

[raxadian]

This issue was so well known early on

I literally read paper magazines articles about CD and DVDs being eaten by fungus decades ago. But I don't have those magazines anymore so instead I linked this as a reminder.

Rip your DVDs people, they won't last forever.

 

[Skv0ra]

Generally speaking, if YOU pIrAtE but then show your pleb friends how awesome that game is and they buy it - you're doing god's work and what it actually comes down to. That and properly demo'ing a potentially buggy ass game as long as you need to. (looking at YOU, Rise of Ronin, and my 6700HQ/1070.....)

 

[malukopower]

Generally speaking, if YOU pIrAtE but then show your pleb friends how awesome that game is and they buy it - you're doing god's work and what it actually comes down to. That and properly demo'ing a potentially buggy ass game as long as you need to. (looking at YOU, Rise of Ronin, and my 6700HQ/1070.....)

Totally agree. Among other media, if you're not rich and interested in a lot of things, it's impossible to buy all original media. Piracy helps us get in touch with culture and entertainment and get to know new stuff. If I like something I pirated and thinks the parties that were involved in doing such thing really could use the money, I'll definitely support it.

That's why I choose not to pay for music streaming, but instead save those bucks to buy the bands' merch and cds at their concerts or on Bandcamp fridays.

 

[CoolMe]

That's why I choose not to pay for music streaming, but instead save those bucks to buy the bands' merch and cds at their concerts or on Bandcamp fridays.

or tapes, sp for the Creedence

 

[malukopower]

or tapes, sp for the Creedence

hahah, exactly, dude. Anything but the Eagles.

 

[CoolMe]

hahah, exactly, dude. Anything but the Eagles.

 

[Skv0ra]

Totally agree. Among other media, if you're not rich and interested in a lot of things, it's impossible to buy all original media. Piracy helps us get in touch with culture and entertainment and get to know new stuff. If I like something I pirated and thinks the parties that were involved in doing such thing really could use the money, I'll definitely support it.

That's why I choose not to pay for music streaming, but instead save those bucks to buy the bands' merch and cds at their concerts or on Bandcamp fridays.

I personally am a sucker for h/w, so limited consoles, good collector's editions, and merch are my jam. $80, digital-only, "I dont even own own that live service" of a game, really doesn't sit right with me. Plus god-awful fkin launchers like Steam can all go straight to fkin hell adding annoying, extra layers to being able to just play my damn games.

 

[malukopower]

I personally am a sucker for h/w, so limited consoles, good collector's editions, and merch are my jam. $80, digital-only, "I dont even own own that live service" of a game, really doesn't sit right with me. Plus god-awful fkin launchers like Steam can all go straight to fkin hell adding annoying, extra layers to being able to just play my damn games.

Yeah, fuck DRM. That's why I love GOG on PC. It is better to spend money on something really valuable and that is ours, not controlled by a profit company.

 

[Skv0ra]

Yeah, fuck DRM. That's why I love GOG on PC. It is better to spend money on something really valuable and that is ours, not controlled by a profit company.

Not to mention game selection too! Play Powerslide mess of a game again? Yusssss!

 

[bomb2022]

Yeah, fuck DRM. That's why I love GOG on PC. It is better to spend money on something really valuable and that is ours, not controlled by a profit company.

i hear you brother, i only buy games from developers i want to support mostly small indie games,
or other games when they're on 80-100% of sale

i "pirate" the rest and my game colection is 15 TB now +15 console emulators
never paid for any console ROMs thought...

speaking of my "pirated" collections
i have a small music collection i say "small" because each mp3 file is like 3 mb
also a movie and comic collection, but i mostly watch/read those on sharing/pirate sites anyway

and i better not talk about my... porn collection but it's also over 10TP

 

[Hippocampus_Hamster]

The best defense is not to get caught. To remain small and unnoticed beneath the oceans of data and AI slop (the one thing the Accursed Imbecile is good for is making white noise). We live in the (nearly the worst) cyberpunk dystopia - we need to act like it, at least mentally.

Guard your words online. Only share when you know you are as safe as you can be. Never boast. Always guard your back, and then your friend's. And never make deals with dragons.

Does anyone know why Meta didn't face any repercussions for pirating like 80TB of books, then? They claimed not to seed but if downloading is illegal too, they should be getting sued to oblivion, no?

They have obscene amounts of money, so it likely got swept under the rug after the initial rounds of reporting. Especially as their other foolish actions have caught far more press. There are likely threats of lawsuits that were settled quickly before they went public. Make no mistake, they probably paid something for that idiocy, but not nearly enough.

 

[yankii]

YSK: People who offer pirated content for money online should respond to cease and desist letters.

 

[Skv0ra]

YSK: People who offer pirated content for money online should respond to cease and desist letters.

*should quickly flip their profits to have that purse for lawsuits and call the entire move a pro-gaming move than anything else. This isn't mid-2000s to just get away pure and clean.