Most of the time when people say they have an unpopular opinion, it turns out it’s actually pretty popular.
Do you have some that’s really unpopular and most likely will get you downvoted?
Most of the time when people say they have an unpopular opinion, it turns out it’s actually pretty popular.
Do you have some that’s really unpopular and most likely will get you downvoted?
Nothing material is lost, but if you’re charging to see said piece of artwork and that dude who saved it on his computer shows it to other people you’re loosing money. And don’t come with the excuse that if they’re weren’t going to pay for it in the first place you don’t loose money, because that some cheap argument to get something free, i would like to see entering a store and grabbing a book and reading it completely, then saying that you weren’t meaning to pay in the first place so the author didn’t loose any money, they will kick you out inmediatly.
First off, I’ve sat in many book stores and read magazines and books and never once had anybody kick me out or object.
Second, do you really think that all the people walking past a stadium where a paid concert is happening are thieves because they hear the music from the outside?
Third, they aren’t “losing money.” They’re just not making money. Its theoretical money, it doesn’t exist. If I told you I’m selling my old smelly socks for $10,000 and you refuse to buy them, I didn’t lose any money at all. You didn’t steal $10,000 from me by not buying what I wanted you to buy.
Is it “stealing” if you read a book and then tell your friend all about it and they don’t buy the book because they don’t think the story sounds compelling? Is it “stealing” if you buy a book and then let your friend read it without buying their own copy? What if you buy a book, read it, and go online on your blog and give the book a bad review, and hundreds of people that read your review now don’t go and buy that book? Did you “steal” all those potential sales from the author by giving your honest opinion on their book?
The whole concept is absolutely ridiculous.
Lol, the copium. If you pirate digital goods, you are stealing. Just own it. It’s not the same as physically robbing a store, but it’s still theft. We don’t have to feel bad for the mega corp making less money, but I also don’t have to buy your bullshit excuse for doing it
Lol, way to address my points. It’s “theft” even though nothing is lost, taken, or destroyed by anyone…Sure…
I can imagine you calling the police frantically outside of a stadium reporting a “mass robbery in progress” because dozens of random people walking by are hearing the copyrighted music without paying for it haha!
Intellectual property is like a unicorn, it’s imaginary and mythical. You can’t poach a unicorn, and you can’t steal IP, it’s just that simple.