One fallacy, I think, of anti piracy arguments is that a lot of them seem to assume that if I’m unable to pirate something I’m going to pay for it instead rather than going “oh! that’s a terrible shame” and then quickly forgetting about it
“If you were not pirating [media] you’d be paying for it and therefore piracy is evil 😡” actually if I were not pirating that media I would be thinking about something else. I have made the decision to not spend any money on this and even god himself could not shake it
the research on this was already done decades ago and then quickly squashed because the record labels did not like the finding that people who pirated music were spending way more money on actually buying music legally than people who did not pirate music. it turns out people who care enough to pirate media are generally big fans of that media and willing to spend money on it if they have the money to spend
article is from 2009 so we have known this for a LONG time.
The Norwegian study looked at almost 2,000 online music users, all over the age of 15. Researchers found that those who downloaded “free” music – whether from lawful or seedy sources – were also 10 times more likely to pay for music. This would make music pirates the industry’s largest audience for digital sales.
Wisely, the study did not rely on music pirates’ honesty. Researchers asked music buyers to prove that they had proof of purchase.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) takes great offense at being called a white supremacist, despite the fact that she was a featured speaker at a white nationalist conference organized by Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes.
Speaking with reporters after introducing her articles of impeachment against President Joe Biden on Thursday, Greene recalled her confrontation on Wednesday with Rep. Jamaal Bowman (R-NY), who berated her on the Capitol steps for continuing to stand by scandal-plagued Rep. George Santos (R-NY).
“Jamaal Bowman, shouting at the top of his lungs, cursing, calling me a horrible name, calling me a white supremacist, which I take great offense to!” she fumed. “That is like calling a person of color the N-word!”
In fact, it is not like calling a person of color the N-word, which is a slur directed toward all Black people, whereas the term “white supremacist” is meant to designate people who believe that white people are superior to people of other races and not all white people.
I’m so sorry to hear that this bigoted cunt takes offence to being called a white supremacist
To avoid offending this repulsive nauseating racist piece of shit I’ll just call the cunt a nazi instead since that’s exactly what she is
What’s the saying about comparing words when you can’t say one of them out loud?
