The word “potentially” is doing a lot of work there.
In many cases of piracy, the result of not pirating the work would not have been more income for the rights holder, it would have been the person just not acquiring a copy of the work at all.
Interested in programming, politics (especially local politics), law (especially copyright/patent law).
Nazi’s and genocide deniers can fuck right off. For the love of all that isn’t evil stop using lemmy and providing genocide deniers power.
The word “potentially” is doing a lot of work there.
In many cases of piracy, the result of not pirating the work would not have been more income for the rights holder, it would have been the person just not acquiring a copy of the work at all.
Yeah, I don’t know what Colorado’s laws are on this in general, but even if it’s technically legal it seems like a huge risk that someone is going to plausibly allege that given the specific facts denying them time off was race/religion/family status/… discrimination. It might be legal (don’t know), but it’s a stupid policy for a number of reasons.
Olive oil?
You wouldn’t live long, but compared to the other options you’re listing…