Well, my friend, he’s kinda poor he can’t afford some books and some streaming services, so he pirates. He pirate books, audiobook and videos and other stuff. Sometimes he buys books he likes a lot out of loyalty to the author (yeah, I don’t understand it either), he likes to read physical books, but yeah, if he hates the author or just wants to skim through it, he will download the book.
He usually doesn’t like to pirate from small companies or professors who are trying to make a living by selling books, but from millionaires & plenty of mega corps which already have loads of money, he feels like it’s the right move to pirate
Also, have you ever noticed that you have felt that the value of a product has decreased just because you didn’t pay for it, thus you are less interested to read it? i.e., had you paid for the book, you would have more likely read that book.
He says he will buy stuff when his time is more valuable than money, let’s all hope that day is soon.
What are your piracy habits?
- It’s copying and not stealing, and honestly current copyright law is stupid and broken
- Decreasing the profits of big corporations like Hollywood movie studios is not immoral and shouldn’t be illegal
- There are some shows or movies I can’t find in my country legally
- With increased competition in the streaming market, it costs as much as a cable subscription to get all the content I used to be able to get from one streaming service
I don’t pirate video games. Steam, Gog, or even epic are easy and not too expensive. Steam’s refund policy isnt terrible.
I don’t pirate music. I buy stuff from smaller artists on Bandcamp, and use free Spotify/YouTube/old stuff I ripped myself from CDs (I’m old). Though honestly I don’t have a problem with pirating music that’s like 10+ years old. Copyright law is too long.
I don’t pirate books. I get them from the library.
I may have downloaded some RPG books because I wanted more of a skim than I could find online, didn’t really trust reviewers to have my exact set of preferences, and didn’t want to pay the whole amount for a game I wasn’t sure I’d like. The ones I did like and use I bought.
I don’t really watch anything so it didn’t even occur to me to list it.
Yes to movies and shows that aren’t available on Netflix, Disney, or Amazon. My kids watch a lot of shows on those, so they’re worth it, but I refuse to pay for others.
No to everything else.
I want to support artists, but I will not pay for shit I’ve already pay for. I own an N64 and loads of games, I have the roms and will never pay a subscription to play worse versions in restricted conditions.
I will also not pay for the sports channels it is far too much. Where I am there are are like 3-4 different sports packages required to watch one league. Fuck that
I pirate what I can’t get by reasonable means within my boundaries.
I pay for three streaming providers constantly. If the one series I want to watch is on a fourth provider, they can fuck off and I’ll just download it. Same if the offering gets moved out of a provider I use (because their license expired or whatever).
Games I typically don’t pirate, since Steam is just too damn convenient. Epic Exclusives though… well, if possible I just avoid them.
Most books can be bought via Kindle store so that’s also convenient and I just do that.
Music is basically close to equal on all streaming providers so I am mostly good with that. If something isn’t I either buy them on beatport or just rip them off youtube (so pirate).
I basically live GabeN’s theory: piracy is a service problem. Give to me without having to bend over and I gladly pay. Try to fuck with me and I shrug my shoulders and go elsewhere.
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Easiest way to obtain media is to pirate, so I pirate it. But also because I hate copyright and patent laws.
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Media in English language are either inaccessible or overpriced while translations vary in quality. I’m also a little fan of how individuals in seed-peer networks keep content alive just for the sake of it. I don’t see how piracy hurts artists as much as it’s said to.
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I will pirate it if it’s old (tv series from the 80’s, for example) or if I can’t get it legally. I live in a country that falls through distribution loopholes moderately often. Like right now, I can’t watch the latest season of Lower Decks on prime even though I could the previous ones. Some kind of licensing thing. If it’s not resolved soon, I’ll be taking to the high seas for it.
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When i was younger, physical copies pf games and the used market were common things. Now pc games get no physical release, or if they do these are tied to steam or epic games, and consoles are pushing towards going all digital.
All while raising the prices even though there is no logistics involved anymore.
So i should pay more for something that i can’t resell and can get taken away from me for one of several reasons (account gets banned, game gets delisted, service eol…)?
So that’s why if it can get pirated, i will pirate it.
For me it’s usually about availability. If someone suggests I try out a cool game that came out in the 80s, there’s a pretty good chance piracy is the only way to play it. Sure, you can pay way too much on Ebay to get a physical copy, and I have a fair collection of retro games, but it’s not like the money from Ebay sales go back to the original creators.
Same with movies. The version of Star Wars I grew up with, the one without all the digitally added stuff since the late 90s, isn’t on Disney+. If Disney announced a nice blu-ray Star Wars collection that featured the copies without Jedi Rocks and the extra aliens in the cantina and whatever, I’d go out and get it. But they haven’t, so I stick to the fan-made ‘despecialized editions’.
I don’t pirate from the little guy. I buy albums on Bandcamp and indie games on Steam all the time. I want the small creators to be able to eat. But I’m also fortunate enough to have a little disposable income. I know some people pirate as much as they can, and while I don’t entirely agree with it, I don’t know their financial situation (or the availability of these things in their country), so it’s not really my place to judge them.
