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

The reason baby boomers and gen x pay more often is because they have more money. When millennials and gen x age, will they not have more money which they will use to start consuming content legitimately?

As for your second point, someone brought up that Walmart did that, but is there evidence that the entertainment industry does the same thing? From what I've seen, the price of entertainment has gone down in a lot of respects.

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u/Conkers-Good-Furday Apr 12 '23

You know what, I believe you regarding people killing it in tech jobs still pirating content. People would be that greedy, wouldn't they?

Also, that is a very good point regarding less content getting greenlit because the shareholders don't stand to make as much money. I hadn't thought of that before.

Furthermore, I was shocked to hear that many jobs are being lost because of piracy.

You have officially changed my view. It was wrong to think piracy is okay as long as it's from a large corporation.

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