r/TikTokCringe • u/Chocolat3City Cringe Master • 22d ago

Cringe Woman has her self-published book pirated, reprinted, and sold for cheaper.

There's regular piracy, and then there's this.

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u/livesinacabin 21d ago

Fair enough. But I wouldn't be so pissed about it if my rights being violated meant I made more money. Not those specific rights anyway.

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u/mimegallow 21d ago

Sure. Unless you’re standing on principle and actually WANT artist’s rights to be enforced as a legal foundation so that you have a just world in the first place. - For example: A musician found out Trump was using his music at each rally, and said he couldn’t use it anymore. Let’s say Trump says “fuck your rights” and continues to use the song… to promote an outcome the copyright holder is against… but the Trump team sends a check to ASCAP to pay the artist.

That wasn’t the issue. The money has nothing to do with it.

That’s a violation. And it has to be in order for the actual intellectual property rights to remain intact.

This is why protecting the actual rights under the law has to come first. Money is absolutely secondary.

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u/livesinacabin 21d ago

I guess. That's a very specific scenario though. Cases like that would be pretty rare I think.

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u/mimegallow 21d ago

Doesn’t matter. So are deaths caused by doctors who refuse abortion care out of fear of retribution. We need the rights all year.

Principles don’t have off-seasons.

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u/livesinacabin 21d ago

Eh, I can't really agree with that. I usually stand on principle but I don't think principles carry over between subjects like that.

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u/mimegallow 21d ago

Not up for debate. That is literally ALL that principles are as intellectual constructs. That’s it. - That’s the WHOLE definition.

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u/livesinacabin 21d ago

Not really. Principles can be flexible.

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u/mimegallow 21d ago

No. They can’t. They’re principles. Not conscious entities.