• habanhero@lemmy.ca
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    9 months ago

    The amazing mental gymnastics that these people go through to justify their piracy and inane behaviors.

    Musician’s pay is just the excuse of the day for them to feel okay about what they’re doing. Honestly, if you are gonna pirate then just pirate, stop pretending that it’s for a good cause or higher purpose, other than to keep your own wallets stacked.

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      9 months ago

      You could’ve replied to 100 comments on this thread about piracy but you replied to the one that had nothing to do with it.

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        9 months ago

        Fai point, but regardless it seems to have struck a nerve with the piracy crowd.

        I don’t have beef with piracy itself but I found it hilarious the number of pirates here standing on their soapboxes, pretending to be some kind of modern day Robin Hood and virtue signaling super hard.

        Guys, you are still ripping off artists and content creators regardless of their deals with media company, just admit you want shit for free.

    • Cake@lemmy.gockandgum.party
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      9 months ago

      Honestly? No, while I do still pirate, I am slowly buying all the music I can buy in form of vynils records and CDs, other than digital downloads from bandacamp.

      Watching for free on YouTube is not piracy, and laughably, I’d say it is better than using Spotify that quite literally exploits artists for cents.