The pirates are back - Anew study from the European Union’s Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) suggest that online piracy has increased for the first time in years. In fact, piracy rates have bee…::We analyze a new study where the EUIPO suggests online piracy is on the increase within the European Union.

  • systemglitch@lemmy.worldEnglish
    102·
    1 year ago

    Wow that wording, trying to make pirating sound like an evil crime lol. I feel no moral negativity pirating. In fact, my conscience is clean and I feel morally obligated to, considering how expensive they are making services.

    I think reading between the lines is the real story: when they get greedy, pirating puts them I check and causes pricing to become affordable and people stop pirating. Once people are not pirating, greed increases and pirates have to return to put them in place again.

    In conclusion… we need pirates to balance things out, this pirating is a necessity in our modern age…

    You are welcome everyone, I am doing my part for myself and I am doing my part for you.

    • AeonFelis@lemmy.worldEnglish
      281·
      1 year ago

      Another reason why piracy is needed is to prevent pieces of culture from being erased from history to satisfy some perverse corporate accounting requirements.

    • xenoclast@lemmy.worldEnglish
      241·
      1 year ago

      They call “refusing to be exploited” piracy. Generally industries where there are huge monopolies like media, groceries, and other such thing are most sensitive to this because they lack the ability to deal with outside pressures any more.

      Vilifying people fighting back is the cheapest way to manage this.

      I’m kinda looking forward to seeing what replaces things like Netflix and Spotify

      • systemglitch@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        1 year ago

        Yeah it should be interesting. I’m also looking forward to see what new trackers come into relevance as the userbase increases.

        Redacted as the only viable music tracker is a real shame. Just like everything else, we need more options not less.

        • Hoimo@ani.socialEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          I really felt like all the good stuff was only on private trackers the last few years. A few of the biggest public trackers also went down, that certainly didn’t help, but even before that I had a hard time finding some older, rarer things. If piracy gets bigger, I hope to see more reliable public trackers again with bigger catalogues.

    • jaspersgroove@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Companies are stealing from you every single day of your life from the second you’re born to the moment you die.

      No harm in returning the favor.