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I keep feeling we shouldn't accept the term "piracy" anymore. The problem, the big problem is on the so-called "legal" side, and the purpose of this system is n

by mrfinn 4y ago

I keep feeling we shouldn't accept the term "piracy" anymore. The problem, the big problem is on the so-called "legal" side, and the purpose of this system is not about retrieving authors anymore, is about some big economic groups hoarding goods (and power by doing that). But that's heavily against the common interest. I met quite a few years ago with a member of my country's senate with a solid proposition to end the "piracy" problem. Got an email asking for more info about my proposal. That was the end of it. PS. Maybe instead "pirates", we should call ourselves "keepers".

genewitch 4y ago
The "DNA" of pirate-ish-ness is baked into the US cultural zeitgeist since the 1860s. Freebooters, filibuster, the US excursions into Central America in the 1850s, and the overall Dutch influence on our language and culture still captures some part of us, whether we want it to or not. We're adverse to pirates, even though pirates are universally bad. Unless it's Jack Sparrow. I guess.