Gotta love that Rossman has pivoted from “failed business owner” to “basically James Stephanie Sterling but with less nazi imagery”

Shit like this REALLY annoys me. I am all for a discussion of the ethics of piracy… if people actually understand what ethics are (and, as has been demonstrated countless times, people don’t). But shit like this is about deciding when it is “fair” to pirate content and when not. And, considering it is Rossman, I assume he is goign to talk about how you should support companies that care about your rights or are small businesses and fuck larger businesses and the New York City government.

But the reality: Whether you think piracy is or is not stealing is irrelavent. It is piracy whether you are pirating a game from a toddler with leukemia or Amazon after they rebranded to having the website be a giant picture of Bezos’s dong. It just becomes a matter of if you think that matters or if it is okay to hurt/“hurt” one of those companies.

Which almost inevitably becomes about defining The Tragedy of the Commons.

At the end of the day: it is piracy. We are pirates. Fucking own up to it.

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Leaking content before debut? Evil and it hurts the owners. Very much stealing.

Releasing torrent too close to original release date? Kinda mean and can really hurt initial sales.

I’d rather people be more mindful and considerate of these two things. After that time has passed though… Nothing else comes to mind. :)

Just wanted to point out that having some standards is good if you want piracy to be respected

Never. It’s never stealing.