When record companies make a fuss about the danger of “piracy”, they’re not talking about violent attacks on shipping. What they complain about is the sharing of copies of music, an activity in which millions of people participate in a spirit of cooperation. The term “piracy” is used by record companies to demonize sharing and cooperation by equating them to kidnaping, murder and theft.
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9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
If buying isnt owning then piracy isnt stealing
_number8_@lemmy.world 6 months ago
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 6 months ago
And piracy isn’t stealing anyway!
But I still enjoy that phrase.
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Well, not digital piracy. Ye olde piracy absolutely was stealing, plus a medley of other crimes
Emerald@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I’m sure some digital piracy involves stealing. Someone has to have taken some floppy disk software from a store and walked out without paying for it
onlinepersona@programming.dev 6 months ago
Sail the seas with I2P and anonymous torrents. They can’t stop it.
evidences@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Piracy has never been theft, it has always been and still remain copyright infringement. That being said go ahead and pirate, I’m not your dad.
Lexam@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
You, you could be… If you wanted to.
ShepherdPie@midwest.social 6 months ago
You just gotta show up.
evidences@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Thanks for believing in me child.
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 6 months ago
What am I letters on a screen? I’m not going to stop you.