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You Should Get to Own Your Media, Not Rent it Forever
www.currentaffairs.org/news/you-should-get-to-own-your-media-not-rent-it-forever
www.currentaffairs.orgYou Should Get to Own Your Media, Not Rent it ForeverFrom Playstation Games to ebooks and family photos, corporations are replacing ownership with temporary access. But we don’t have to accept that.
Replying to @return2ozma@lemmy.world
If buying isn’t owning, then pirating cannot be stealing. These corporations are literally herding people back onto the seas. I need to go get myself a new flag with a skull and bones, since I tied my boat to the pier about fifteen-twenty years ago.
Replying to @OleFoFa@lemmy.world
“Pirating” isn’t stealing regardless of anything. It is unsanctioned copying.
Replying to @username_1@discuss.tchncs.de
And not removing the product from anyone.