Someone created the content that you would pirate, and they are not getting the profits they should make from their efforts.

I don't care about arguments saying it doesn't matter, like "I wouldn't buy it if I had to pay for it, so they wouldn't make profits from me anyway". It's still unethical to steal something. You're still taking advantage of someone's work.

The same thing goes for making a copy from someone who paid for the work. Maybe your friend paid for a movie. It's ok to watch it with them, but not ok to make a copy of your own

>>105877302 (OP)
lol
lmao

>>105877302 (OP)
you should sue me

>>105877302 (OP)
I literally don't give a fuck.
Life is too short not to "steal" content.
Yes I'm black.

>>105877302 (OP)
>Someone created the content that you would pirate, and they are not getting the profits they should make from their efforts.
Good.

>>105877302 (OP)
>Someone created the content that you would pirate, and they are not getting the profits they should make from their efforts.
They are, actually. If their content is popular enough to be listed on torrenting websites then chances are they're already making enough buck. Would you like to try again?

>>105877302 (OP)
>I don't care about arguments
Thanks for the self-concession in the very second statement of yours. Once something is made and published online, it has infinite supply and thus 0 monetary value beyond what people want to donate. So either make something good so people donate, or get paid before making it. Cheers.

>>105877302 (OP)
>Someone created the content that you would pirate, and they are not getting the profits they should make from their efforts.
I agree, buying games and movies is unethical. Game developers spent their time only to get fired afterward and all the profit from selling games is going to publisher. Same goes with movie creators where all the money after releasing movie goes to publisher and actual people who were involved in creating the movie doesn't get anything.
At this point I think it's only right to pirate anything. Maybe when the law system will protect actual content creators it would make sense to buy anything.

>>105877302 (OP)
I wish pirating caused an actual loss, like each time I'm tormenting something gje company gets charged for it

>>105877302 (OP)
>should
stopped reading there
lol fuck you retard

>>105877302 (OP)
>germans create computers
>Chile created internet
>Usa got the money

Every argument is this thread can be used to justify stealing from large store chain.
What kind of people steal from places like Wal-Mart? Thats who you are.

>>105877302 (OP)
almost all professional devs are on set salaries, not commission and royalties. they got paid regardless.
this just shows you havent got a clue about the software industry

>>105878052
a store has a physical item that they would no longer have. No one is taking anything from from anyone in this case.

>>105878062
Seems you're incapable of the basic mental facility of abstraction. Yes, we all know it's a copy. It's not about that. It's about a product you are taking without paying the price. Physical, digital, whatever, it doesn't matter. What matters is that, by law (and simple human intuition) a person or group of persons have ownership of thing and they set a price for you to pay if you wish to have it.
Ask anyone in the world and they'd agree that taking it without paying that price is stealing.

>>105877302 (OP)
I don't watch anything made in the last 20 years anyway. If somebody cares about the residuals on fucking con air or chinatown they're a kike anyway.

>>105878104
The government makes a copy of money absolutely constantly and devalues the currency I am forced to use. Every year wages are decreased by fiat. We live in a scam society and you expect me to be some kind of moralfag about a fucking light show to amuae me?

>ethics
>on 4chan
lol

>>105877302 (OP)
>Someone created the content that you would pirate, and they are not getting the profits they should make from their efforts.
They are most likely not getting the profits from legitimate sales either unless they self-publish.
>The same thing goes for making a copy from someone who paid for the work. Maybe your friend paid for a movie. It's ok to watch it with them, but not ok to make a copy of your own
So I'm not allowed to pay the publisher either?

>>105877302 (OP)
This is true if someone made something physical, or say i claimed som shitty ip was mine. you cant take what someone made physically. that is stealing. if its digital then its fair game. cant claim i created the underlying work but a copy of anything is fine by me. if had the ability i could build a ferari and if someone took it it would be theft. ip is bullshit. you cant claim an idea just because you patent it first.

>>105877302 (OP)
It is legal to steal nowadays
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/anthropic-wins-key-ruling-ai-authors-copyright-lawsuit-2025-06-24/

>>105877302 (OP)
>I don't care about arguments saying it doesn't matter, like "I wouldn't buy it if I had to pay for it, so they wouldn't make profits from me anyway"
it's true for 99% of the cases, though. you can't refute it.
>It's still unethical to steal something
it's literally not stealing. the person who created the work has not lost a single thing.
it's copyright infringement. if you want to be taken seriously you should be accurate and not use smear tactics.

Reminds me, when i was reading about radio history.
> Music industry went on battle against pirate stations
> Forced "legit" radios, to play and promote their list
> Battle against tape recordings *bootleg*
> Global lobbying for royalties, taxes on tapes etc

>>105877302 (OP)
>faggots made a game for windows but didn't build it for linux and I somehow have to pay
Lol, no, THEY have to pay me! I am forced to see and touch this disgusting OS to play their game. I am wasting space on my ssd to have it installed for games.
>we are a poor company, literally dying of hunger please install this CIA backdoor
nah, I'm getting for free and you can go fuck yourself.

>movies
OK I understand that pirating is bad and I'm ready to buy a copy, where can I get it?
>no, goy, no copy for you, pay subscription
Haha no, I'm getting for free then.

>>105878104
It depends on what you're downloading, if it's a program that's dependent on services running on the creator's infrastructure and his only profit comes from the sale of that software's license then it's outright unethical to obtain a copy without paying. However that's rarely the case and it only happens to shit made by multi billion dollar companies and one could argue they profit from the data they get about you as much or even more than the license.

>>105877302 (OP)
Instead of worrying about this OP why not focus on the nignogs walking into shops and just taking the shit they want. Piracy probably cost 1/10th of what nignogs cost.

>>105878052
>NOOO NOT MY BILLION DOLLARS MULTI CHAINS WALMART
i dont encourage stealing but caring about who does is peak hall monitor behaviour get over yourself

>>105877302 (OP)
>buy dvd
a few years pass
>buy bluray
a few years pass
>buy 4k

if i bought it once, i'm entitled to all future upgraded. it's that simple.

>>105877302 (OP)
He has a girlfriend, loving parents, a home.
I have none of those.

>>105877302 (OP)
I pirate from studios that no longer exist. Studio that still exist don't make anything worth playing.

>>105877302 (OP)

she is like the queen of the universe and i has like battlestation should i know more

>>105878104
I asked Mark Zuckerberg, he said it's ok.

I bought lots of content and uploaded it so other people can access it for free. I strongly believe in preservation of media by any means necessary. It should be distributed to as many people as there are that are willing to take it so it can live on.

>>105877302 (OP)
Going to pirate until you stop killing games, sorry.

>>105877302 (OP)
Ok so will there be some donation page so I can determine how much money I'm willing to give? No? Then why would I care?

>>105877302 (OP) You're under the impression that God is unfair. Whatever you take from others, you'll pay one way or another. That's how the universe works. You can realize that by observation. It may not happen instantaneously, but it always does.

>>105877302 (OP)
Saar

>>105877302 (OP)
no white man has been published in the scifi genre for over 10 years. the evil jews who control our society have slowly pushed us out and actively delete our content. we owe them nothing.

>>105877302 (OP)
Library's are not unethical, I'm simply borrowing it.

>>105877302 (OP)
You don't get to decide what's ethical or not

>>105878104
>Yes, we all know it's a copy. It's not about that
Actually it is, that's literally what stealing is. Your attempts to equate the mundane act of copyright infringement with physical theft is pathetic

>>105877302 (OP)
my friend paid for the dvd he used to make the torrent
shut up moralfag