alphacyberranger@lemmy.world to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 11 months agoFunimation To Shut Down Completely On April 2; Deleting Purchased Digital Copieswww.animeexplained.comexternal-linkmessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up1158arrow-down13
arrow-up1155arrow-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 · 11 months agomessage-square91fedilink
minus-squareakilou@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43arrow-down1·11 months agoWe need to stop calling it “purchasing”
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·11 months agoWe need to prosecute companies (and their executives, personally) who fraudulently misrepresent it as “purchasing.”
minus-squareSinningStromgald@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·11 months agoLong term rental or at-will ownership for US people.
minus-squareCrow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoI think in legal terms it’s even called licensing.
minus-squarez00s@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoIf paying for digital content isn’t ownership, then downloading it for free isn’t piracy.
We need to stop calling it “purchasing”
We need to prosecute companies (and their executives, personally) who fraudulently misrepresent it as “purchasing.”
Long term rental or at-will ownership for US people.
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.