What do you think Lemmy is most biased about? Which opinions do you think differ most from the general internet?
(Excluding US politics, due to community rules)
What do you think Lemmy is most biased about? Which opinions do you think differ most from the general internet?
(Excluding US politics, due to community rules)
Hmm I still think we’re saying different things. Enabling piracy for consumers and rejecting it for big business come from the same beliefs. It’s not about piracy itself or hating AI more than liking piracy. It’s not about piracy at all but who is allowed to use it. It’s about content being controlled by the public, and not corporations. I think.
It sounds to me like you’re just saying why your support for piracy is limited in this case. You’re saying “piracy’s okay, but not when those companies use it for those reasons.”
Having rules about who is “allowed” to copy stuff and for what reasons is, in a nutshell, copyright law.
Not sure I understand your argument, nor am I talking about myself personally, but folks I’ve seen on my instance who do. Actually I’m just a privacy and Flying Spaghetti Monster piracy advocate 😅
One who photographs a painting from a Walmart and prints it in their living room, and also boycotts a News outlet who underpays their employees is not more anti-news than pro-theft. They are both boycotts equally against capitalism.
I’m sure there are also many folks who pirate immorally, like from smaller artists, or because they’re broke. But pro-piracy usually means in the boycott sense.
The original comment I’m responding to listed two biases of the Fediverse’s population:
All that I’m saying - and that you are, as far as I can tell, agreeing with - is that in the situation where “piracy ok” and “AI bad” overlap the “AI bad” bias prevails. People who were cheering piracy moments earlier stop and go “no, not like that.”
As far as I can see, you’re saying the same thing. You’re just trying to justify why you’re saying “no, not like that.” Which is not relevant to the basic point I was making.
I think your argument attempts to highlight a hypocrisy where mine highlights consistency but I may be misunderstanding.
If you go back to my original comment you’ll see that I said:
That’s the “Piracy OK” side, so yes, there is hypocrisy there. I’m reminded of the classic “what kind of woman do you think I am?” story.
An unfortunately apt analogy in its misogyny.
‘A billionaire offers to kill a man, proposing a price paid to his family of $1 billion dollars. The moribund man says “sure!”. “And what about if you pay me $1000 for the privilege?”. “What kind of man do you think I am?”. “We’ve already established that and are just haggling the price”’. A less misogynistic, less funny but accurate version of the joke.
Murdering criminals, we all agree on. Murdering the family man only works if he consents. It doesn’t make him hypocritical or suicidal to reject a price.
If AI and media companies treated their employees well and offered fair terms for a subscription, the advocates would probably not pirate or boycott.
Again I am not that kind of pirate and I’m pro AI, but I don’t think their views are inconsistent or anything. So anyways just my take but your stance is interesting too.