technically, he is right.
Technically, he is right
Jordan Gutierrez
Connor Nelson
Back
to reddit
Nicholas Roberts
you know about it too, user. you should go back there too.
Jackson Stewart
only good comic hes ever made
Noah Cook
So quaint. Nowadays we don't even pretend that we 'own' a 'collection'. We just stream our media off Netflix, Spotify, Kindle Unlimited, etc.
Jason Anderson
For once, he's entirely right, sends the right message, and presents it in a good way too. Wow, a non-faggy xkcd comic that makes a good point.
Juan James
Correct. Fuck DRM.
Logan Roberts
That comic is literally incitement, and is illegal and a crime. Hope Randall does time for it.
Connor Sanchez
You have to go back
Matthew Russell
He's actually incorrect. While "pirating" is copyright infringement, it's not necessarily a crime. In order for copyright infringement to be criminal, the offense has to be particularly egregious. You're still civilly liable even if it's not criminal copyright infringement, but you're not necessarily a criminal just because you copied some songs.
t. law student
Nathaniel Reed
Apropos, you may find a good summary with some actual case law instances here: pld.cs.luc.edu
Lincoln Lewis
this is a tech board, plebbit pirate poojeets gtfo
Brandon Nelson
Are you saying that the people in the US are less criminals if they pirate the songs instead of buying the songs and breaking the copy protection for backup purposes?
Jacob Harris
Yep, the pic is right
Technically DRM fucks you
Jeremiah Ramirez
If you want you support your favs artists, buy CD or merch. It's legal, it's your for life, you have a nice physical object, and the artists have a lower margin on them (especially in concert)
Zachary Wright
(You) have to go back
Aiden Morris
*À propos
Gavin Cooper
i dont want "nice physical object", fuck off with you consumerism you vain cunt
Matthew Ortiz
it seems to be the case lol
Isaac Martin
i agree
i just find it funny that stick guy wears a fedora
Jason Jones
pirating is legal though
Henry Reed
Buy DRM'd -> things change -> re-buy -> you're not a criminal
:^)
Joseph Cooper
what a retard
Adrian Martin
This. Buy it then pirate it. You own a license so if you download it, they cannot touch you. it's the hosting/distributing that is a criminal offense.
Gavin Collins
kill yourself capitalist cunt
Parker Scott
not in my country
Blake Lee
No, it means at the end they're criminals either way, so why waste money on drm stuff.
Jacob Turner
Get lost commie scum
Jace Ramirez
Most of the money from music CD sales goes to labels and publishers and managers and whatnot. Only a fraction goes to the artist.
Music artists make their money from radio, tv and movie licenses and such. If you only consider the consumer and the artist, music piracy is practically harmless.
Unless we're talking about smaller artists that aren't part of the bleeding-dry establishment surrounding popular music.
Connor Walker
I'm an artist, and I'm telling you, piracy is okay. We barely get money from streaming services anyways. Just come see our live performances if you like us, that matters more.
Brody Garcia
>re-buy
you can't
that's precisely the problem
Caleb Martin
Is this 2009?
Because that's when apple removed drm from purchased songs.
Leo Ross
>music
Dominic Cruz
>xkcd
you have to go back
Wyatt Reed
Literally the only xkcd comic that makes sense.
Brayden Morales
pirate it and send them 20$ in an envelope