alphacyberranger to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 5 months agoFunimation To Shut Down Completely On April 2; Deleting Purchased Digital Copieswww.animeexplained.comexternal-linkmessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up1687arrow-down110cross-posted to: anime@ani.social
arrow-up1677arrow-down1external-linkFunimation To Shut Down Completely On April 2; Deleting Purchased Digital Copieswww.animeexplained.comalphacyberranger to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 5 months agomessage-square96fedilinkcross-posted to: anime@ani.social
minus-square@akilou@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish240•5 months agoWe need to stop calling it “purchasing”
minus-square@SinningStromgald@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish81•5 months agoLong term rental or at-will ownership for US people.
minus-square@grue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish67•5 months agoWe need to prosecute companies (and their executives, personally) who fraudulently misrepresent it as “purchasing.”
minus-square@Crow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish11•5 months agoI think in legal terms it’s even called licensing.
minus-square@z00s@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•5 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.