“We’re not selling!”
“Okay let me pirate it real quick…”
“That’s illegal and respectful!”
“Idc and you disrespected me first.”
Oh, and their talks about laws are void because they do actually ignore these laws themselves - when they SELL doujins and other unlicensed works.
@light_routine4@NuniVonBat My example is relevant because your argument hinges on the assumption that broken laws threaten the stability and survivability of society. Crossing a red light is clearly illegal and should be punished because it infringes on the rule of law, as you have emphasized before.
@light_routine4@NuniVonBat Regardless of legality most people probably wouldn't bother trying to stop you because the harm done by this action is negligible, if not outright nonexistent. I believe this to be the crux of the attitude towards piracy between east and west communities. No law is created equal.
@light_routine4@NuniVonBat At the heart of it, this isn't actually about lawbreaking; it's a moral judgment.
If the intersection is empty in the middle of the night and the light is red, do you wait until the light is green to cross the street? If you cross anyway, should that be punishable by law?
@light_routine4@NuniVonBat The extent of economic harm to society is potential lost sales, meaning potential lost money. But if that potential is never realized, by blocking off access, then that potential does not exist. No harm is being done economically. No harm is done to survival.
"In Japan, the creators keep rights to their creations no matter who the copyright holder is so there is no reason to distrust the corps"
*looks inside*
*sees animators salaries who are on convenience store level pay while the work itself makes millions of profit*
Uhm, sure