• Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.caEnglish
    2·
    24 hours ago

    Bandcamp was acquired by Epic, but they still offer DRM-free downloads of all your music, give artists good cuts, and if you buy on Bandcamp Friday, the best cut any artist could hope for. I’d rather there was a distributed solution without a corporation taking a cut off the top, but it’s still getting you pretty close to the artist.

  • samus12345@lemm.eeEnglish
    5·
    2 days ago

    Now that the US is run by literal criminals, any moral objection to something here on the grounds that it’s illegal has no weight whatsoever.

      • samus12345@lemm.eeEnglish
        41·
        2 days ago

        If you’re able to make a copy of the car, then sure. Otherwise, no.

        • Nalivai@lemmy.world
          12·
          1 day ago

          There was nothing about that in the original quote. That’s like a completely different conversation.

          • samus12345@lemm.eeEnglish
            2·
            1 day ago

            Yes, there was. “Piracy” in this context is specifically the unauthorized copying of data. Carjacking has nothing to do with that.

  • ch00f@lemmy.world
    98·
    4 days ago

    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.

  • ilinamorato@lemmy.world
    14·
    3 days ago

    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
    19·
    3 days ago

    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

  • SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world
    20·
    3 days ago

    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·
      3 days ago

      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·
    3 days ago

    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.

  • tias@discuss.tchncs.de
    17·
    3 days ago

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

    • AnyOldName3@lemmy.world
      15·
      3 days ago

      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.

      • Fiery@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        9·
        3 days ago

        I couldn’t tell at glance this was from xkcd and am willing to testify to a jury, when’s the court date?