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If media is popular, everyone is entitled to it? Piracy will be rampant even if everyone is able to legally download all media. PS - I am one of those who are

• icebraining 11y ago
  Even as a "poor" person, I am unable to morally justify my selfish actions (piracy)... That's fine, we have enough seeders.
  • bcook 11y ago
    Are you saying, if something is popular enough it no longer needs moral justification?
    • icebraining 11y ago
      Nah, I was just making an easy joke.
      • bcook 11y ago
        lol, touché. I think I lost my sense of humor recently. :( :)
    • zdkl 11y ago
      Are you saying the opposite? I'm sure a convincing argument could be made for both sides of this question. After all, is morality not a popular convention?
• Fargren 11y ago
  >> If media is popular, everyone is entitled to it? This is not a simple question. Access to media is access to culture. And we can't expect people without access to a common culture to participate in our society as equals. That's why we have libraries, museums, arts in public areas; we know that we need to share at least part of our common heritage, or it will stop being our common heritage. Remember, intelectual property is meant to make creating art profitable enough that we don't stop doing it. It is supposed to protect the consumers, not the creators. Ideas that are not consumed are not a societal good, and we don't make laws to protect them. Of course there should be balance between protections for creators and consumers. If someone thinks the current legislation favours content creators more than it should on this alance, then for that person piracy is probably not morally wrong.