sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 12 hours agoUnsealed: Spotify Lawsuit Triggered Anna's Archive Domain Name Suspensions * TorrentFreaktorrentfreak.comexternal-linkmessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1160arrow-down11
arrow-up1159arrow-down1external-linkUnsealed: Spotify Lawsuit Triggered Anna's Archive Domain Name Suspensions * TorrentFreaktorrentfreak.comsabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 12 hours agomessage-square44fedilink
minus-squareMrsilkworm@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up48arrow-down2·11 hours agoIf you don’t own what you pay for, then pirating is not unethical. Period.
minus-squareguy@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 hours agoThis makes Anna’s archive a bit problematic with that logic since when you pay for a paper you get a PDF copy?
minus-squareArcka@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 hours agoThese companies maintain that even though you possess a PDF, you still do not own it and do not have the rights associated with ownership.
minus-squareCenotaph@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 hours agoI would consider it more problematic if the author of the paper got any of that and not the journal the author had to pay to be published
minus-squaregrey_maniac@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·6 hours agoWhen you rent something, you can share it. You rent a car, you can have passengers. You rent an apartment, you can have visitors. You rent a tool, you can lend it to your neighbour.
If you don’t own what you pay for, then pirating is not unethical. Period.
This makes Anna’s archive a bit problematic with that logic since when you pay for a paper you get a PDF copy?
These companies maintain that even though you possess a PDF, you still do not own it and do not have the rights associated with ownership.
I would consider it more problematic if the author of the paper got any of that and not the journal the author had to pay to be published
That’s a different point
what about when you rent something
When you rent something, you can share it. You rent a car, you can have passengers. You rent an apartment, you can have visitors. You rent a tool, you can lend it to your neighbour.