Artafernes @assimilateborg @petko Not at all, just don't download torrents directly, use a bit torrent client like qbit torrent or bitlord, it provides a bit of a security buffer, but you still have to know what not to download, what looks suspicious and such.

@petko OMG THIS IS ME ​

@petko pretty much this. Kids these days won't understand the level of freedom we have.

@petko the kids arrrrr alright

@petko

Been sailing the seas for around 30 yrs now. Will occasionally support a creator directly, but never corporations.

Copyright laws and patents are just ways for the rich to gatekeep access. They should be abolished altogether.

I mean, the European colonists also didn't give a fuck about copyright when they traveled across the globe, stealing left and right. And many of today's rich, who are whining about patents and copyright, have built their wealth on past thefts and exploitations to begin with.

@benroyce @davefischer @petko "stealing" a movie is NOT like stealing a bicycle.

It's more like sitting down next to where your bike is locked up and taking measurements and enough photos to build an exact copy. They have theirs when it is finished, and you still have yours. Someone wanting simply to copy my bike could get all kinds of useful tips and construction tips simply by asking!

@petko Nobody can be a pirate if nobody has a hard drive or RAM.

@benroyce @davefischer @petko Given that they’re enshittifying cars, too. Yeah, I’d download a car and I’d jailbreak that motherfucker!

@petko Already gone back to it and finally cought up on the latest 3 series of Always Sunny which I couldn’t even find a streaming service for! Also going to catch up on Air Crash Investigation which again been impossible to source for about a decade now! Can’t even buy it!

@anthropy @benroyce @davefischer @petko

They stole that font as well.

@benroyce @davefischer @petko I remember when VCRs weren't criminalized.

@petko

Hahaha, yes! And they wonder why things go the way they do.

@SuperMoosie @anthropy @davefischer @petko

searching...

OH MY FUCKING GOD

you're right! that too

the music and the font, stolen

fucking hypocritical assholes

“You wouldn’t steal a car” anti-piracy campaign may have used pirated fonts

Digging into archived site points to use of questionable text styling.

Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)

@petko Whenever I hear people complaint about people pirating from billionaires or big companies, I'm always reminded of this quote from South Park: 'Man must learn to think of these horrible outcomes before he acts selfishly, or else, I fear… recording artists will be forever doomed to a life of only semi-luxury'

@petko I'll take purchase, thank you. Not that you can actually purchase and own much of anything anymore.

Netflix cancelled my subscription and stole my gift card balance of more than 50 Euros, telling me they won't refund it, because FUCK YOU!

This is so me now, because FUCK YOU Netflix!

@benroyce @anthropy @davefischer @petko Interesting story about Buma/Stemra with the music for the "one time ad".....

@petko I would only be downloding for Legitimate interest to train my memory....

@petko

Enshittification ‍️🦜

Also https://youtu.be/y2lkVlB96y4

And ofc - ty @sofonofos - https://youtu.be/-olLunvuxX8?si=G7lc_3PWgnPwWKCK.

Now. What SHALL we do with the drunken sailor?

Way hay and up, she rises

@petko real.