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Piracy isn't as desirable as a straight boycott of the parties that are currently trying to break the Internet, but at least pirates aren't feeding the beast.
by etherael 15y ago
Piracy isn't as desirable as a straight boycott of the parties that are currently trying to break the Internet, but at least pirates aren't feeding the beast.
Those companies deserve complete destruction for what they have done
- lachyg 15y agoWhat have they 'done'?
- etherael 15y agoThey have tried to destroy the internet, remember yesterday? As long as they exist they will keep on trying and as an existential threat to the internet I can't see how anyone can excuse continued support for them in any way. Better a boycott, but failing that piracy is still more ethical than feeding the beast.
- lachyg 15y agoThere is nothing ethical about pirating.
- etherael 15y agoThere is even less ethical about financially supporting companies that tried to buy laws that would destroy the net as we know it.
- kingkilr 15y agoSo you're claiming that anyone who buys a DVD or a CD is acting unethical? Support that.
- etherael 15y agoNot if the item was produced by a a party other than the parties pushing for SOPA and its ilk. I think piracy is generally bad, I just think financing groups that want to destroy the internet is worse. Think of it as a transmogrification of the MPAA mandated warnings at the beginning of movies telling you that if you buy from pirates you're supporting drugs / terrorism / human smuggling / pick your poison. If you buy from SOPA supporters, you're supporting the death of the internet.