I jumped in, it seems to be a paid service, should be reported as an ad.

If the author has passed/sold the rights to a distributor then is reproducing it via an alternative method a detriment to the author?

They are are the ones agreeing to reproduction. If the author is the sole owner they reserve the right to recreate and distribute themselves. Modern day media has many owners of the process…who all seek rent from you to listen/watch. Who would you pay?

Have you seen Heretic? In some of the scenes Hugh Grants character explores the idea of originality and uses music to do that. If an song is inspired by another song does that mean you have to pay towards the original song?

You could spend forever rationalising who deserves payment. That’s why we entrusted distributors to put a product in front of us based on value of that product.

That’s a really good point, you are not stealing the core product, its a reproduction, and one that you are invited to rent, rather than own. Interpretation is key.

By the same thinking we reproduce and consume other things - words, memes, recipes and don’t consider that stealing.

My stance on the ethics of piracy is - the procurement of something is based on what is a fair value. If that commodity is available via several routes I will always play fair. If the provider tries to extort that commodity past fair then I will look to another provider - If you had a toll road that saved you 5 mins and charged $1 fair, if they then start to charge £25 - I will revert to the back roads, is that considered immoral?

Packaging for analogue media Cute idea. Is this a free service?

Unfortunately appeasement upwards has been taken advantage of over and over.

It’s logical to take a stance of ok what can we do to head off the bigger problem. But the truth is, over authoritative governments and tech businesses will overstep that rational offering. So appeasement needs to stop, and recognising this as the line is already occurring.

I am not gonna wish harm on the guy, but I really don’t have a lot of sympathy for a techbro simp.

Why all the sudden posts about tipping culture and foreign currency? I have seen 2 in 24 hours.

I am out of the loop on something here?

https://web.archive.org/web/20260321192822/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/21/british-teenagers-stranded-abroad-dual-national-rules-home-office-passports

‘the new rules, which require British dual nationals to present a passport, new or expired, or certificate of entitlement to airlines before boarding flights to the UK’

People are the problem.

You can point all this out yet they will still go oh well, they will agree you…then go and hoover it up.

There may be a tipping point but honestly it ain’t close.

Thanks for the archive link. It’s appreciated.

Search engines are pretty much redundant because they don’t return what we are looking for.

They cooked themselves.

What kind of phycopath does not add garlic to everything. 🤣

Oh good thinking. Just normal or have you used pickled?