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Why do anti-piracy people often treat us as the "villains" of the story? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 week ago by incognito08@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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75% of the anti-piracy discussions I see rarely blame companies like Nintendo or Disney and always try to talk about how piracy is immoral, and you should feel "dirty" for doing it. My question is why do people seem to hate those who pirate more than the bad practices of mega-corporations or the fact that they don't want to preserve their media?

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[-] Facebones@reddthat.com 0 points 1 week ago

I'd argue those people were necessary, what with how public opinion works.

If we're in a tug of war and you're pulling with 10 pounds of force, I can't beat you with 2 pounds of force. In context, you won't beat "ITLL MAKE YOU GO BLIND AND KILL YOU" with "heeey, like, jot always, maaaannnnn."

As always, reality is somewhere in the middle, but we wouldn't have had the progress we did without the other extreme being loud and out there.