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17930080

Anonymous Fri Apr 2 17:10:09 2021 No.17930080 [Reply] [Original]

Should digital media (ebooks, mp3s, videos) be free? What are the ethics of piracy?

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 2 17:13:23 2021 No.17930106 /lit/ - not literature

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 2 19:18:38 2021 No.17930938 they don't need to be free, authors can charge for them, but drm is an abomination and anybody promoting it is going to hell. anybody with enough popularity can make money by selling signed hard copies and merch.

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 2 19:20:31 2021 No.17930948 >>17930938 >drm is an abomination why?

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 2 19:30:04 2021 No.17930995 File: 71 KB, 986x1024, 1615197661045.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>17930080 >should It's already free

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 2 20:00:50 2021 No.17931167 >>17930080 If I like a book I’ll buy a copy but I pirate all my books. Not goi g to buy a book that turns out to be shit. Like why would I buy a painting before I know what it looks like? Makes no fucking sense to buy before you read.

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 2 20:06:28 2021 No.17931190 >>17930080 When audiobooks cost money I never listened to a single one. Now they are free I listen to them all the time. At least in my case the effect for the author is the same.

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 2 20:16:13 2021 No.17931243 >>17930948 read up on it https://www.defectivebydesign.org/

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 2 20:17:11 2021 No.17931250 >>17930995 NFT you dumb monkiiii

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 2 20:19:11 2021 No.17931259 >>17930938 >drm is an abomination and anybody promoting it is going to hell Amen.

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 2 20:56:17 2021 No.17931446 >>17930106 autist

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 2 21:28:51 2021 No.17931652 >>17930080 They should be free, and people should be more willing to donate to content creators of all types whose work they enjoy.

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 2 21:40:37 2021 No.17931731 >Should digital media (ebooks, mp3s, videos) be free? what? Lmfao

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 2 21:44:19 2021 No.17931756 >>17930080 No, they shouldn't be free. But I'll still steal them while the avenues I use to do so are available.

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 2 21:45:40 2021 No.17931764 >>17930080 jt;dr

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 2 22:42:36 2021 No.17932096 File: 84 KB, 500x350, 1617254303308.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>17930080 Everything should be free and intellectual property is a kike scam

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 2 22:52:32 2021 No.17932159 >>17931756 Yep. We can pirate as much as we like, because the normies will pay for their books anyway. so there will be no dent in the authors' earnings.

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 2 22:56:41 2021 No.17932194 >>17930080 This woman should be sitting on my face.