irelephant 🍭@lemm.ee to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 days agoLaws only matter if you're not rich.s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.comimagemessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up11.66Karrow-down112
arrow-up11.65Karrow-down1imageLaws only matter if you're not rich.s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.comirelephant 🍭@lemm.ee to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square99fedilink
minus-squaresus@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41·1 day agoSpotify also originally got all its music by pirating it. But later it started printing money for record labels (while fucking over musicians) so all was forgiven.
minus-squareOwlHamster@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 day agoThat feels a bit disingenuous. The record labels were already thoroughly fucking over musicians.
Spotify also originally got all its music by pirating it. But later it started printing money for record labels (while fucking over musicians) so all was forgiven.
That feels a bit disingenuous. The record labels were already thoroughly fucking over musicians.