Hey that’s not a real strawman! That’s Old Man Harris!

And I would have gotten away with it too, if it wasn’t for you damn kids

Those are actually boba beads and the plant loves them.

I’m just kidding, could you imagine

good luck

Doing what, destroying your local ecology?

Lol yes exactly

The blep in the center is legendary.

Looks like the little human faces they put on cats in medieval drawings lol

I feel like at this point even the ISPs are like “bruh just use a VPN this shit is annoying”

Any chance I can get to post my favorite wiki article:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_righting_reflex

Containing one of my favorite educational gifs:

Because that copy was already sold, and the artist already received their cut of the profits (however tiny). They’re not entitled to any percent of resales, so there’s no reason to be in contact with them.

Bootlegging is not the same as reselling. Especially since we’re talking about digital music here. Something that can be copied exactly for free. This isn’t even like someone painting a forgery, which would at least be a distinct piece of art. That would be more like if an artist recorded a cover of an entire album (and then claimed it as their own, which is where it becomes problematic imo. Just covering the album would be fine if they give credit to the original artist).

I’ve got tons of issues with how our current copyright system is set up, but so many people seem to want to throw the baby out with the bathwater.

There should be some protections for the people creating the actual artwork. It’s ethically wrong to take someone else’s artwork and sell it as your own without permission. It’s insane that this even needs to be said.

Should I know who this person is, or…?

Sketchy analogy.

But if we are talking about famous artist architects (like your Frank Lloyd Wrights, and I’m sure there are others), the yeah they probably are actually.

But we’re not talking about resale are we? We are talking about bootlegging legitimate artwork.

The markets they were referring to are basically like eBay dude, your seller literally has a rating

Monero is good for when actual private transactions are needed

It’s the fucking jelly ohmygod

And why wouldn’t the artist who made the thing not be included in, “everyone involved” that needs to know?

Cool story.

I think the people you’re talking to are not interested in getting the artists’ permission.

I thought they sold their stuff through Heatonist? Or not anymore?

The handful of times I ordered from Heatonist, I had no problems whatsoever.

Besides the Queen Majesty Scotch Bonnet & Ginger bottle being wayyyyy too fucking small. Man that stuff is so goddamn good.

was making a $150 payment amonth,

Consider yourself lucky, that isn’t that much

How much is the speed drop from translation using Proton?

The speed drop is negative. That is, it’s often actually faster.

Yes, I know it doesn’t seem to make sense.

Oh wow that’s a really stupid thing to say.