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It is not piracy, it is sharing. We were learning from childhood that sharing is a good thing. I'd never refuse to anyone asking to share a copy of some mp3/dv
by exim 15y ago
It is not piracy, it is sharing. We were learning from childhood that sharing is a good thing.
I'd never refuse to anyone asking to share a copy of some mp3/dvd/software or any other type of copyable thing, even if I paid for it.
- res0nat0r 15y agoSo then would you be happy working X number of hours of your 40 hour work week for 'anyone' without pay? You are after all 'sharing' your skills with someone else.
- rubinelli 15y agoYeah, this sharing is called open source. This site and tens of millions of other sites wouldn't exist without it.
- batista 15y agoOnly "open source" != not getting paid. Now, to rephrase the question, if you worked for a year on something with the expectation to sell it, would you be happy to see it "shared" freely by others? Also, we were told that sharing our stuff is a good thing -- not that sharing other's people stuff aainst their will is a good thing.
- exim 15y agoThere are three kinds of people: 1. Those who pay for copyable things 2. Those who don't 3. Those who pay if they can't find shared one. The percentage of 3rd is rather misere. One example: In my country, Windows is std de facto OS, because no one pays for it. If it weren't available, no one would use it. i.e. it is not a loss for MS. It is actually advantage, because MS can enforce govermental or commercial structures to pay for it.
- DanBC 15y agoYou forgot 4. Those who want to pay, but will pirate if there's no option to pay.
- VMG 15y ago> We were learning from childhood that sharing is a good thing. I don't know about your upbringing, but I have not learned that it is good to force others to share if they do not want to.
- exim 15y agoWhere did you see "force" or "others"? I share what I own. I own what I have.