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It's not a threat, because I don't consider media piracy to be morally any different than "pirating" a recipe by printing it out, "pirating" a joke by retelling
by Causality1 7y ago
It's not a threat, because I don't consider media piracy to be morally any different than "pirating" a recipe by printing it out, "pirating" a joke by retelling it, or "pirating" a book by lending it to a friend. It's not "taken" from anyone, it is replicated by someone who already has it and then given freely to me.
- paulcole 7y agoWhatever works for you I guess, lol.
- vageli 7y ago> Whatever works for you I guess, lol. Do you consider libraries to be facilitating piracy? If not, how do Causality1's examples differ?
- mprev 7y agoIn the UK, at least, public libraries pay a tiny fee to the author each time the book is borrowed. We are talking pennies a year but, in terms of intent at least, it is not the same.
- nkurz 7y agoInteresting, as an American I'd never realized that this payment existed. Here's more info about the "Public Lending Right" in some of the countries that use it: https://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/2018/03/article_0007.html https://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/2018/03/article_0007.h...
- paulcole 7y agoI would if my local library uploaded torrents to Pirate Bay. But instead they check out the copies they’ve paid for OR are in some kind of paid arrangement with a streaming service.
- cabaalis 7y agoHave you ever created anything that you charge money for?