camcorder at the tv gives such ugly picture. that’s for n00bs.

i was the one in my family who figured out how to connect vcrs together to copy… “family home videos”. i was 10 btw. adults were useless. 1980s Will Smith was right when the said they just don’t understand… (now though, he just don’t understand)

if i didn’t have to go to school, i could have put blockbuster out of business.

this is too real. i am not over this or in recovery yet, but i hope you can get there or find some piece of mind or otherwise get to feel better. 🧠❤️

booooo

this should never be a criminal offense. any criminal statutes enforcing corporate copyright is a moral perversion. a civil lawsuit matter at most.

how is this any different from debtors’ prison??

individual creators should, of course, have huge power to protect their creations under the law, but anyone other than the individual should be harshly prevented from using copyright protection. in practical terms, enforcement is expensive and high-effortn for an individual, but that’s what law firms are for. creators can also form cooperatives or collectives to aggregate their interests and legal efforts. there’s no need nor justifications for extractive corporate entities to exist.

Japan also arrests a lot of pirates. using state terrorism to enforce capitalist corporate exploitation of creators and consumers… Japan govt clearly uses a terroristic policy of draconian enforcement against minor offenders in order to frighten those considering pirating. a state that rules by fear is an unredeemable tyranny.