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It is always morally acceptable to pirate things made by giant corporations (feddit.org)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by ThatGuyNamedZeus@feddit.org to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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No, it's not like stealing a physical item from a store.

"stealing" a digital copy of a movie, tv show or a game is like if the item you're stealing from a store is infinitely copyable. Like the replicator from star trek...or that one episode of Sabrina the teenage witch with that box that can make a perfect copy of everything you put inside of it.

Of course I personally would never pirate anything, no matter how much streaming services increase their prices or how much they crack down on VPN usage to get around geo-restrictions, PIRACY IS BAD AND ONLY BAD PEOPLE DO IT.

I've never pirated anything in my whole life!

There are people who understand what I'm saying...but apparently most people don't get it.

Of course that means I still would never pirate anything. That would be horrible to "steal" a copy of a movie or a TV show

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[–] ___@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

A cup of tea is around 500megatons if you convert all the matter into energy. We’re talking a few thousand Hiroshimas.

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think conversion from matter to energy and back again seems extreme. Maybe it's just matter to matter but something quantum level.

[–] ___@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Do they use the replicator when they’re not moving? Maybe they’re just picking up some hydrogen along the way?

Seems like high energy particles are easier to convert into new elements than low energy ones. Perhaps they’re transcribing uranium with the ingredients. Who knows.