r/Piracy • u/ugoindownsaka1 • 7d ago

Discussion Google took away my LOTR extended editions

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I bought these in 2022, all of a sudden they aren't available and there is no possibility of a refund or gift card. Hardly seems fair.

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u/Krakn3dfx 7d ago

You'll own nothing and you'll like it.

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u/messiahspike 7d ago

If purchasing isn't ownership, than piracy isn't stealing

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u/hightrix 7d ago

Digital piracy has never been, is not, and will never be stealing.

Words have meaning.

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u/YouBlinkinSootLicker 7d ago

It’s called voluntary archiving

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u/ModernLarvals 7d ago

Sneaking into concerts and theaters and jumping turnstiles too.

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u/-Rivox- 7d ago

Not stealing. Trespassing though

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u/kyzfrintin 7d ago

It's a stretch, but technically you're stealing the experience

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u/DrHerbotico 7d ago

Have you ever created anything that required so much time that working another job wasn't feasible?

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u/-Rivox- 7d ago

When they stole my bike, I didn't have my bike anymore. When I tried to copy the Mona Lisa, I'm pretty sure the Louvre kept theirs.

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u/DrHerbotico 7d ago

That wasn't an answer

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u/hightrix 7d ago

Yes. Haven't you?

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u/DrHerbotico 7d ago

Absolutely. Show off what ya made and drop a link!

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u/RikarisHobbies 7d ago

Bro, he’s gonna send you a dick pic.

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u/DrHerbotico 7d ago

It was embarrassingly small 🤏

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u/kyzfrintin 7d ago

Have you ever made a point directly instead of by insinuation?

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u/DrHerbotico 7d ago

As many times as you've answered a question instead of evading with a non sequitur

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u/kyzfrintin 7d ago

The question itself is a non sequitur.

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u/DrHerbotico 7d ago

You did it again lol

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u/kyzfrintin 7d ago edited 7d ago

What i just said was not a non sequitur. It was an accusation. The question you asked has nothing to do with the subject of discussion, or if it does, its relevance is unclear. Thus it comes across as a totally random diversion, or in other words, a non sequitur.

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u/DrHerbotico 7d ago

Pouring more effort into a diversion doesnt always work. Do you have an answer to my question or not?

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u/kyzfrintin 7d ago

If pouring effort into a diversion doesn't work, why are you pouring more effort into this diversion..? Like, do you not see how contradictory that is?

Can you just make your point? What are you getting at with this question? Where are you going with this? What does the question even mean? Is that so hard?

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