alphacyberranger@lemmy.world to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 10 months agoFunimation To Shut Down Completely On April 2; Deleting Purchased Digital Copieswww.animeexplained.comexternal-linkmessage-square125fedilinkarrow-up1696arrow-down110cross-posted to: anime@ani.social
arrow-up1686arrow-down1external-linkFunimation To Shut Down Completely On April 2; Deleting Purchased Digital Copieswww.animeexplained.comalphacyberranger@lemmy.world to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square125fedilinkcross-posted to: anime@ani.social
minus-squareakilou@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up245arrow-down1·10 months agoWe need to stop calling it “purchasing”
minus-squareSinningStromgald@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up83·10 months agoLong term rental or at-will ownership for US people.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up67·10 months agoWe need to prosecute companies (and their executives, personally) who fraudulently misrepresent it as “purchasing.”
minus-squareCrow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·10 months agoI think in legal terms it’s even called licensing.
minus-squarez00s@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months 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.