• kex@lemmy.world
    101·
    14 小时前

    When purchasing isn’t ownership, then piracy isn’t theft.

  • ilinamorato@lemmy.world
    12·
    1 天前

    There are probably some teenagers pirating stuff right now who weren’t even alive when this comic was drawn. I’m old.

  • Sorse@discuss.tchncs.de
    17·
    1 天前

    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

  • ch00f@lemmy.world
    93·
    2 天前

    PSA: Download all your kindle books. Even if you don’t plan on cracking their DRM, you’ll have the option to in the future should you want to.

    • Venia Silente@lemm.eeEnglish
      10·
      1 天前

      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.

      • ilinamorato@lemmy.world
        3·
        22 小时前

        But “breach of license” is so much more lame than “piracy!”*

        *Yes, a lot of piracy is itself breach of license, hush

    • AnyOldName3@lemmy.world
      13·
      1 天前

      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.

  • SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world
    19·
    2 天前

    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.

    • xylogx@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 天前

      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.

  • Thalfon@sh.itjust.works
    16·
    1 天前

    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.

  • owl@infosec.pubEnglish
    6·
    1 天前

    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.

    • bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world
      1·
      17 小时前

      A digital signature from the label would be created with their private key.

      What would they be signing? Your public key plus the ID of the song? They can’t sign your private key, it’s private.

      What stops you sharing your private key and a song with a friend. Then when either of you need to provide proof, you can both show that you have the private key that matches the signed file?

      • bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world
        1·
        17 小时前

        Well if the record label was still around they could make ownership details public, or let you download the signed file again.

        • Allero@lemmy.today
          2·
          12 小时前

          How would they know the copy legally belongs to you if you lose the key? Would they require some form of ID on top of that?

  • tias@discuss.tchncs.de
    17·
    2 天前

    I buy most of my music from Qobuz or Bandcamp. Perfectly DRM-free with lossless compression, and it’s mine forever.