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[–] [email protected] 161 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Does anybody have the greentext that goes something like

Pirate game

Company loses $60 because it's theft

Company regains $60 after deleting game from hard drive

Pirate one million copies, company bankrupt from massive theft

Buy insolvent company for cheap

Delete all game copies, company profitable again

[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 111 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe one of the tightest written indictments of IP law. Companies "losing" money when no money changes hands makes me laugh.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That's the stock market, bay-bee!

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago

I love that, it's almost like how banks make money with loans: create money out of thin air, lend it, profit.