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How is this different than piracy?
by EC1 11y ago
How is this different than piracy?
- jsmeaton 11y agoEntering into a pastebin is.. questionable. But I strongly dislike paywalls that disappear for search traffic. It's really really shady.
- stock_toaster 11y agoNo ships?
- vonklaus 11y agoWell a pirate is(usually) a private person or ship authorized by a government by letters of marque to attack foreign vessels during wartime, and here we are just reading content we had no intention of paying for which is bundled in to a larger service we have no intention of paying for. You are not incorrect if you are indicating it is likely unethical however.
- pm 11y agoI thought that was a privateer.
- ekianjo 11y agoWell privateers and pirates are pretty much the same thing in practice, the only difference being that pirates operate on their own, while privateers are blessed by a particular State. But they both follow the same course of action.
- dfc 11y agoThat is "usually" never the definition of a pirate, you are describing privateers. Piracy is not limited to times of war nor is it dependent on a sovereign nation.
- vonklaus 11y agoWow, this clears up a lot. Logistically, it wouldn't have made sense that the parent was implying most of the thread had gone to Buckingham Palace to receive wartime repreive in order to simply read this article. I was super confused. Thanks for putting this into context for me and in context this makes more sense. I guess I just had the wrong definition of pirate.
- EC1 11y agoBad attempt at humor. Very low hanging.