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There's a difference between downloading music (albeit illegally) and taking someone else's work and trying to pass it off as your own. When I download a Duran
by stevenp 15y ago
There's a difference between downloading music (albeit illegally) and taking someone else's work and trying to pass it off as your own. When I download a Duran Duran album, I don't post it on my website and claim that I made the album and attempt to sell it as my own (as much as I wish I was Simon LeBon).
This isn't an issue of piracy -- it's an issue of plagiarism, which is quite different in my opinion.
- jakejake 15y agoI think that is a pretty good point, the matter of taking credit for the work. How about using copyrighted music in your own YouTube video or something like that? If you give credit does that make a difference?
- jakejake 15y agoOr, if curebit had put a credit at the bottom "design based on 37signals" would that have made a difference?
- jacalata 15y agoHow about we compare it to someone who put up a youtube video of themselves lip-syncing to Duran Duran? They're not necessarily claiming that the music is theirs, they're just using some random song they found to provide a background/prompt for their own performance.
- shad0wfax 15y agoMaybe its more fundamental? - People do it if they know they aren't going to be exposed (like downloading illegally) and they won't if there was a way to expose them (say via facebook/blog)? Just a theory. I still believe downloading illegally is wrong, but thats my opinion.