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Just because some clever PR campaign launched by the copyright lobby succeeded in equating harmless act of copying files to a violent dangerous crime, it doesn'
by Andrew_nenakhov 4y ago
Just because some clever PR campaign launched by the copyright lobby succeeded in equating harmless act of copying files to a violent dangerous crime, it doesn't mean we should perpetrate forever this substitution of concepts.
- systemvoltage 4y agoWhy is this pedantry relevant to the original point? I don't understand what you're driving towards. What difference does it make if it is copyright infringement or 'piracy'? We're talking about incentives for authors and how they can fund their risk/time for publishing a book.
- Andrew_nenakhov 4y agoBecause the main source of ire of book authors is that they lose some part of the revenue from book sales due to copyright infringement, which many call piracy. Now, piracy is an incorrect and am emotionally charged term to describe this phenomenon. I believe that a productive discussion on any matter requires clarity of chosen terms. Piracy is not one such term when talking about something not related to sea and ships.
- blowski 4y agoFeel free to call it whatever you want. I will call it piracy because most people do. EDIT: Interestingly, the first recorded usage of "pirate" to imply copyright infringement is from 1913, talking about "pirate broadcasts".
- kgwgk 4y agoPirate publishers were a thing well before that: https://www.loc.gov/resource/ppmsca.28173/ https://www.loc.gov/resource/ppmsca.28173/
- blowski 4y agoWow! I took the 1913 date from the Etymology dictionary, so I'm surprised it goes back another 100 years before that.
- kgwgk 4y agoIt goes back even more, it predates copyright. https://books.google.ch/books?id=jFMEPUO7LS0C&lpg=PP1&hl=de&pg=PA41 https://books.google.ch/books?id=jFMEPUO7LS0C&lpg=PP1&hl=de&...
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