Comments by "J Nagarya" (@jnagarya519) on "You Don't Own Your Movies, Music, Books, Games (DRM Is Evil!)" video.

  1. DRM protects the rights of those who own the property being protected. The idea that only the consumer has rights is BOGUS.
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  2. Amazon does not have a monopoly because there are alternative self-publishing outlets.
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  3.  @3nertia  There are alternatives to Amazon for self-publishing. _Ergo_, Amazon doesn't have a monopoly on self-publishing.
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  4.  @3nertia  I'm not for self-publishing. The point I made is that there are alternatives to Amazon for self-publishing, THEREFORE Amazon is not a monopoly. Certainly self-publishing ensures that there will be a flood of crap. Otherwise, any promotion must be done by the author. Established publishers do the promotion because they have in-house departments specifically for that purpose. Otherwise I don't "do" Facebook because I saw it for the scam it is.
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  5.  @3nertia  All the conspiracy nonsense is a bore.
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  6.  @3nertia  Self-publishing platforms are for profit. And it's likely they have terms of service. Most publishers do. It's a contract with benefits and limitations on both sides.
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  7. Yes: the protections of copyrights threaten the "freedom" to steal others' "sweat of the brow" property.
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  8. @anon8510 It is if you don't pay for it. But who cares that the theft is from the creator's potential income.
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  9. @anon8510 Piracy is illegal. I have a Mark Twain volume published during the 1900s; illegal publication; theft.
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  10. Those who don't pay are stealing from the person who owns the copyright -- typically the person who created the stolen property. Apparently there is a blinness to the hypocrisy of stealing from those one purports to "love".
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