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Ultrakill dev says it's fine to pirate his game if you don't have money to spare: 'Culture shouldn't exist only for those who can afford it' (www.pcgamer.com)

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[+] [email protected] -27 points 5 months ago (22 children)

Isn't a car a form of art since it was designed? So you should steal a car too?

Come on.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 months ago (13 children)

I'm not an advocate for unlimited pirating, but this is a poor analogy. Stealing is taking something from someone, as in the previous owner no longer possesses that item. Pirating digital media is not taking anything from anyone, as it's digital and thus still exists. This is why the courts do not call pirating theft, they call it copyright infringement.

[+] [email protected] -6 points 5 months ago (10 children)

I disagree completely.

What about pure digital releases? Where 100% of the profits come from sales?

My analogy was spot on, and I don't care if all your feelings are hurt so it's downvoted.

Stealing is stealing, stop trying to justify it in the name of art and sharing.

Textbooks don't only get digital releases. If everyone started to pirate it all the time, the author would not make any money at all.

Keep lying to yourselves about why you steal things.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Yep, stealing is stealing. This mob mentality exists on self-declared righteous people on Lemmy.

I can even totally understand 'I pirate because I don't have moneh, it's not the right thing to do but alas!'