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- cross-posted to:
- piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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There are probably some teenagers pirating stuff right now who weren’t even alive when this comic was drawn. I’m old.
I tried, but I can’t, since it’s Creative Commons
Technically you can: if you distribute the comic but don’t give the attribution, you are breaking the terms of the license which is just about the closest thing to “pirating” it that you can do.
For DRM free audiobooks check out Libro.fm.
Here is my idea: Everyone makes a private key. When they buy a song they receive the file and a digital signature by the label saying they sold it to your private key. When you are caught with a bunch of songs, you have to prove ownership using your key. Tadaa provable ownership, no blockchain, You loose the file, but still have the signature? You can download it again and all is good.
But what if you still have file, but lose the signature?
Ok, what next?
xkcd comics are available under a CC-By-NC 2.5 licence, so you’ve successfully pirated by not including attribution (as long as people can’t tell at a glance that it’s xkcd from the art style or comment thread you posted it to), but to seal the deal, it’d be a crime to sell it.
I couldn’t tell at glance this was from xkcd and am willing to testify to a jury, when’s the court date?
First, someone has to email licensing@xkcd.com to tell Randal Munroe that there’s a potential licence violation so he can file a suit.
Whaaaat? This has to go through reporting to count?
Maaaan, pirating things is so complex these days. I long for the days of napster and emule. </s>
Source: xkcd.com/488
But this was already literally a link to that URL
Still useful just in case some client is weird
No it’s not
Small note: iTunes doesn’t have DRM anymore (since 2009)
Apple Music (the subscription) has DRM though, but you should never have a collection on a subscription service, because it can go away at any time
Yes, exactly. The comic was published on October 13, 2008, according to Explain XKCD, that’s probably why iTunes is in it.
Buy CDs.
You mean those things that get scratched all the time and not have their revenue go towards the artist anyway?
Several years back, a group of friends and I gathered with our copies of the Nine Inch Nails album “The Downward Spiral.” Unfortunately, all three CDs were heavily scratched. However, by combining parts of the same songs that played well on different discs, we managed to create a complete version of the entire album.
The record companies never gave a damn about quality.
Fun things, under some legislation, ripping your own CD is not necessarily legal.
Sony would like to have a word.
Last time I bought audiobooks I got them from Downpour which included DRM-free downloads as either MP3 or M4B files, in addition to listening through the website or app. I believe Libro.fm may also offer this. Most of my ebooks are through Kobo and are DRM free as well.
Does depend in some cases on the publisher.
I buy CDs and rip them into lossless myself unless it’s not available and then I’ll sail
I buy most of my music from Qobuz or Bandcamp. Perfectly DRM-free with lossless compression, and it’s mine forever.
Support creators though. Especially if the thing you pirate isn’t from a soulless corporation. This is why creators should always have something like a ko-fi or Patreon page. So I can pay them directly if I enjoyed their work.
I buy a ton of XKCD merch for this very purpose. I support others on Patreon, by buying from their advertisers and by buying their audiobooks on Libro.fm or a physical copy.
Amazon and other middlemen add nothing, they simply take a cut off the top. They maintain DRM solely to extract an maximum profits and lock in their customers and sellers. It is extortion and should be illegal.
Dox them and send an envelope with cash.
Always knew xkcd is a bro
I have to download pirated video games otherwise I can’t play them offline on my handheld. They also launch 10x faster. I learnt that you can’t use everything you own a copy of offline!
Which handheld, and what are 3 examples of games that launch 10x faster?
I use a mix of Goldberg emulator and GOG i prefer Steam though. Mostly for valves Proton compatibility layer and all that valve does for linux gaming. So if a game is drm free on steam i get it there.
Fuck denuvo tho that shit needs to die in a fire.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I thought everybody was making a big deal over Civ 7 getting an official release because denuvo doesn’t work on linux?
I read people saying the lack of denuvo made the linux version the best version just for the fact that it’s the PC release without denuvo?
Did I misunderstand?
I saw someone on YouTube pissed that they bought 700 ebooks from Amazon and now that they enforce a harder DRM he can’t read them anymore.
Bruh, you voted with your wallet to get DRM in your ebooks. You can’t complain if one day they change the encryption
I fully believe that if you paid for something, it gives you the right to go pirate another copy.
The vast majority of the public hsve no idea what you just said.
Their brain goes “I like book. I buy book! No more book? But I buy book!”
I think we have to thank people like this for demonstrating that losing your collection isn’t just a theoretical risk.
But I didn’t think the leopards would eat MY face?!
