[ SECRET POST #2185 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2185 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 034 secrets from Secret Submission Post #312.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

Re: Literary piracy

[(Anonymous)]

I have a ton of pirated stuff and I'm not even sorry. I am flat broke and I resent the implication that I'm not allowed to have entertainment just because I'm poor. Besides, the fact piracy even exists gives me faith in humanity - there are a ton of people out there who risk fines and possible jail time just to give a bunch of strangers things for free, and there's no tangible benefit to those who do it.

That aside, without being able to pirate things, I've no idea if I'd want to spend my money on something, and chances are that I'm not going to risk wasting it on something that might be crap. When I have the money, I totally plan to get legitimate copies of the things I've pirated that I like because I understand that the creators rely on that revenue to make a living. But right now, they're not getting my money either way because I have none to give.

Society shames me enough for being poor; I'm not going to add internal guilt just because I found a different way to obtain entertainment.

Re: Literary piracy

[tabaqui]

+1

Re: Literary piracy

[(Anonymous)]

Ah, the old "I'm poor therefore I deserve it" argument. You don't "deserve" entertainment. People did things for fun before there were precious animoos and downloadable music. Go to the library and get a book. Borrow some DVDs from a friend. You don't "deserve" shit. Entertainment is a -luxury- item. Please, feel free to explain to the police why you shoplifted a DVD because you deserve to have movie night. And don't even try to tell me it's not the same thing. Theft is theft. Just because your favorite form of thievery is 1's and 0's doesn't make it okay.

And I love the "I'm going to buy it when I have money!" argument. Out of 100 people I've heard say that, maybe 2 at most do it. I would love to be proven wrong about that, because it might give me some more faith in humanity again.

I'm sorry you're in a bad financial situation now, I really am. I've been there and it sucks. But this entitled attitude bullshit is so fucking old. You only deserve basic human rights, and none of that includes making sure you have things to entertain yourself with.

Re: Literary piracy

[(Anonymous)]

it's different.

and make me number 3, because now that i have a job i've been slowly buying the books back. granted most are from secondhand stores, but i'm getting there.

Re: Literary piracy

[(Anonymous)]

It is different because no one actually loses money on those ones and zeroes except hypothetically. But you're talking about people who would not have access or be able to afford it anyway so what is your argument even?

And even if piracy did seriously hurt the entertainment industry that would be a GOOD thing because it would force them to change the way they do business to survive.