• MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca
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    22 hours ago

    The only damage that exists from piracy is to the copyright holders profits…

    Since the copyright holder is usually a corporation that is owned by shareholders, the majority of which are richer than all of us combined, ask me if I give a shit and I will show you my field of shits to give, and you will see that it is barren.

    Eat the rich. Or Luigi them… I don’t care.

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        7 hours ago

        There’s always the exceptions, but they’re rare, and getting more rare.

        The vast majority of works are owned by a few major corporations, even smaller, more indie games often get published through a major studio, which then retains a good amount of the profit. Almost all media, TV and movies, is owned by one of a handful of companies. Music is largely the same.

        It goes the same way for so many other things too. It’s not just games and media.

        There are always going to be exceptions but on the whole, it’s vastly more likely/common that the people profiting from something is a large, faceless organization, which only answers to their shareholders.