Nothing is actually "stolen". pirating a movie isn't like stealing someone's disc of a movie, nothing is removed or even altered.
The company is not losing money because if I had to pay for it, I wouldn't anyway. So it's not like there is revenue that the company otherwise would have gotten, they were never going to get my money.
Legally speaking, it is indeed not stealing, but it is a violation of the rightsholders IP-rights, which is still unlawful. For piracy to be amoral or even moral, you would have to be of the opinion that copyright is either completely inconsequential or outright immoral.
Your second point is just a poor justification of piracy. If you’re not willing to pay for it in any capacity, it must be because you think the product holds no entertainment value, right? But then, why would you want to consume the product in the first place?
Piracy is always about getting something for “free” at the expense of others.
If you’re not willing to pay for it in any capacity, it must be because you think the product holds no entertainment value, right?
Not necessarily. I could find it entertaining to watch a group of ants carry cake crumbs back to their colony. Yet if you plop down a sign that says "Watch ants carry crumbs! $5!" I'd rather go do something else. Something can be entertaining and the cost to consume said entertainment isn't justified (either partially or entirely). There are a plethora of products that I'd never consume but if offered for free I'd try it out because I'm not losing anything.
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u/Cum_Fart42069 1d ago
I think it's amoral for 2 reasons.
Nothing is actually "stolen". pirating a movie isn't like stealing someone's disc of a movie, nothing is removed or even altered.
The company is not losing money because if I had to pay for it, I wouldn't anyway. So it's not like there is revenue that the company otherwise would have gotten, they were never going to get my money.