• AnyOldName3@lemmy.world
      3·
      26 minutes ago

      xkcd comics are available under a CC-By-NC 2.5 licence, so you’ve successfully pirated by not including attribution (as long as people can’t tell at a glance that it’s xkcd from the art style or comment thread you posted it to), but to seal the deal, it’d be a crime to sell it.

  • Sorse
    9·
    3 hours ago

    Small note: iTunes doesn’t have DRM anymore (since 2009)

    Apple Music (the subscription) has DRM though, but you should never have a collection on a subscription service, because it can go away at any time

  • Thalfon@sh.itjust.works
    11·
    5 hours ago

    Last time I bought audiobooks I got them from Downpour which included DRM-free downloads as either MP3 or M4B files, in addition to listening through the website or app. I believe Libro.fm may also offer this. Most of my ebooks are through Kobo and are DRM free as well.

    Does depend in some cases on the publisher.

  • SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world
    15·
    6 hours ago

    Support creators though. Especially if the thing you pirate isn’t from a soulless corporation. This is why creators should always have something like a ko-fi or Patreon page. So I can pay them directly if I enjoyed their work.

  • tias
    13·
    6 hours ago

    I buy most of my music from Qobuz or Bandcamp. Perfectly DRM-free with lossless compression, and it’s mine forever.

  • comrade19@lemmy.world
    141·
    7 hours ago

    I have to download pirated video games otherwise I can’t play them offline on my handheld. They also launch 10x faster. I learnt that you can’t use everything you own a copy of offline!

    • Scorbunny@lemmy.world
      9·
      5 hours ago

      I use a mix of Goldberg emulator and GOG i prefer Steam though. Mostly for valves Proton compatibility layer and all that valve does for linux gaming. So if a game is drm free on steam i get it there.

      Fuck denuvo tho that shit needs to die in a fire.

      • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
        2·
        3 hours ago

        Correct me if I’m wrong, but I thought everybody was making a big deal over Civ 7 getting an official release because denuvo doesn’t work on linux?

        I read people saying the lack of denuvo made the linux version the best version just for the fact that it’s the PC release without denuvo?

        Did I misunderstand?

  • Magnetic_dud
    123·
    7 hours ago

    I saw someone on YouTube pissed that they bought 700 ebooks from Amazon and now that they enforce a harder DRM he can’t read them anymore.

    Bruh, you voted with your wallet to get DRM in your ebooks. You can’t complain if one day they change the encryption

    • Dozzi92@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 hours ago

      I fully believe that if you paid for something, it gives you the right to go pirate another copy.

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
      2·
      3 hours ago

      The vast majority of the public hsve no idea what you just said.

      Their brain goes “I like book. I buy book! No more book? But I buy book!”

      • houseofleft@slrpnk.netEnglish
        1·
        51 minutes ago

        I agree, but I also sort of think that’s fair enough. The fact that most people “buying” ebooks don’t understand what their transaction implies suggests a major market failing.

    • Simulation6@sopuli.xyz
      1·
      3 hours ago

      With Amazons pending change to not allow ebook downloads, I downloaded all mine. I then tried to convert them to epub format and a little over half converted. I only have 80 though, I can’t imagine doing that for 700.

    • mindlesscrollyparrot
      11·
      4 hours ago

      I think we have to thank people like this for demonstrating that losing your collection isn’t just a theoretical risk.

  • ch00f@lemmy.world
    75·
    12 hours ago

    PSA: Download all your kindle books. Even if you don’t plan on cracking their DRM, you’ll have the option to in the future should you want to.