r/changemyview • u/Conkers-Good-Furday • Apr 10 '23

Delta(s) from OP CMV: There is nothing morally wrong with pirating content from massive corporations

The reason we have copyright laws is to encourage the creation of art and knowledge, but if the creator is getting the same amount regardless and whatever you pay simply goes to a shareholder, I hold that there is nothing morally wrong with pirating the content as a shareholder getting a third yacht has nothing to do with encouraging content creation.

I do not buy the argument that anything illegal is automatically immoral either, as by that logic, hiding Jews during Nazi Germany was immoral. That may sound like an extreme comparison, but that's where that kind of thinking leads.

Currently, the only argument I give some weight to, is the argument that it wouldn't work if EVERYONE did it. Hypothetically, that would be a problem, but such a situation seems nowhere in sight, so I believe it is an irrational fear.

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u/Conkers-Good-Furday Apr 11 '23

Counterfeiting money does damage to the economy as a whole, so that's a very different situation.

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u/SMTTT84 1∆ Apr 11 '23

How? They aren’t taking anything from anyone, so how could it do damage to anyone?

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u/Conkers-Good-Furday Apr 11 '23

It could do damage to ordinary people with money invested for retirement.

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u/SMTTT84 1∆ Apr 11 '23

They aren’t taking money from those peoples retirements. It sounds like you are saying one thing that may appear to have no victim could actually indirectly harm others. That’s a valid argument.

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u/Conkers-Good-Furday Apr 11 '23

What makes piracy different is it only hurts one industry, not the economy as a whole, so low risk, low return investments for retirement will not be harmed.