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> Pirate Party (various countries), Napster, exe trojans, BitTorrent, game mods, after 1 minute of thought. Ok - so innovation in piracy itself, not innovation
by zepto 5y ago
> Pirate Party (various countries), Napster, exe trojans, BitTorrent, game mods, after 1 minute of thought.
Ok - so innovation in piracy itself, not innovation in anything else.
> You get lots of downvotes, especially when you respond to others that answer your own comments.
- robocat 5y ago> not innovation in anything else You have much absolute opinion, and little supporting fact. Try reading: https://www.zdnet.com/article/bittorrent-we-represent-innovation-not-piracy/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/bittorrent-we-represent-innova... https://www.google.com/search?q=%22innovation%22+%22pirate+party%22d https://www.google.com/search?q=%22innovation%22+%22pirate+p... which represents political innovation that is not about supporting piracy, but is about modifying the legal encumbrances (which often prevent benefits to society accruing from the products of that society.) https://www.google.com/search?q=%22innovation%22+%22napster%22 https://www.google.com/search?q=%22innovation%22+%22napster%... https://www.google.com/search?q=%22game+mod%22+user-innovation https://www.google.com/search?q=%22game+mod%22+user-innovati... - much of this is innovation is not piracy but just removing locks so that you can modify games one has paid for. Piracy enables the innovation in games, but the user innovation in gameplay is not actually about piracy.
- zepto 5y agoBitTorrent is innovative, but isn’t a result of piracy. The piece you linked actually says that.