• jarfil@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    Ever heard of “ripping” a disk, a stream, or a download? Movies, series, and video games get paid for by someone who then proceeds to make unauthorized copies, they very rarely come from anyone at the studio.

    Lost sales are “legal” damages, which doesn’t mean they’re actual loss of anything, since people who were not going to pay, are worth exactly $0.

    It’s different when bootleg copies get sold, since then there is an actual payment that isn’t going to the right person.

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      1 year ago

      Does you license plate say “PRIVATE”? Because this is some real sovereign citizen logic, using definitions of terms that the rest of the world doesn’t agree with.

      Ever read the message at the beginning of a rip? You know, the one with the FBI logo on it. Remind me what it says?

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        1 year ago

        using definitions of terms that the rest of the world doesn’t agree with.

        Like which one exactly?

        Ever read the message at the beginning of a rip? You know, the one with the FBI logo on it. Remind me what it says?

        There is none. Some rips used to come with a “Ripped by [some nick]” and a scene group logo, but they’ve grown out of fashion.

        Just kidding, I know you meant this one: https://youtu.be/CXca40Z01Ss