Is there a need for justification?
this post was submitted on 02 Jan 2025
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Corpos are not people, they deserve nothing, they are entitled to nothing.
I don't care what the government has to say on this issue. Useless fucking whores.
We reject the premise of the question: the onus sits with copyright holders to justify copyright protection.
Usability and user experience. I've been on irc, newsgroups, dc++, etc etc. hell i traded d2 items for game keys on d2jsp.
Why? Convenient as fuck. From my perspective, fuck anyone who is gonna tell me how to consume media. Give me a better experience than i can give myself or fuck off. I'll give my money happily (i have subscriptions) if it's a good service. If it's the only service, meh AND if it sucks ass well, fuck off again.
Why would anyone need to justify their piracy?
if they put in DRM that makes the plugins 10x as big (looking at you, Acustica. I don't even use their plugins because of that), or they make the legit version have some bullshit always-online "all-in-one" software (i.e Native Access) which in turn makes the software a bit of a faff to get working in Linux (to install legit libraries for legit kontakt, native access stores those libraries as .iso files and does some virtual drive fuckery a la DAMEONTools), then yes, if the pirated version is quicker to set up and run (and install libraries for), it is justified imo.
Also i hate theaters and streaming services. I'd rather watch whatever movie I think is cool in the comfort of my PC rather than having to drive to the theater (if it's even on there in the first place), or paying for 9000 streaming services now and only watch like a couple of things. The wait for a good webrip (even more so for a BluRay) is worth it.
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There is nothing to justify.
I pirate because I want to see the world burn, among other things.
I do it because it's easy and it's free but if it was difficult i'd probably still do it.
If needed, I'd pay for debrid/vpn much more than I'd pay for some 'legit' streaming service, just out of spite.