alphacyberranger to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 1 year agoFunimation To Shut Down Completely On April 2; Deleting Purchased Digital Copieswww.animeexplained.comexternal-linkmessage-square125fedilinkarrow-up1697arrow-down110
arrow-up1687arrow-down1external-linkFunimation To Shut Down Completely On April 2; Deleting Purchased Digital Copieswww.animeexplained.comalphacyberranger to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square125fedilink
minus-square@akilou@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish243•1 year agoWe need to stop calling it “purchasing”
minus-square@SinningStromgald@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish83•1 year agoLong term rental or at-will ownership for US people.
minus-square@grue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish67•1 year agoWe need to prosecute companies (and their executives, personally) who fraudulently misrepresent it as “purchasing.”
minus-square@Crow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish11•1 year agoI think in legal terms it’s even called licensing.
minus-square@z00s@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoIf paying for digital content isn’t ownership, then downloading it for free isn’t piracy.
We need to stop calling it “purchasing”
Long term rental or at-will ownership for US people.
We need to prosecute companies (and their executives, personally) who fraudulently misrepresent it as “purchasing.”
I think in legal terms it’s even called licensing.
If paying for digital content isn’t ownership, then downloading it for free isn’t piracy.