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..What? Digital piracy has absolutely no logical or legal connections to naval piracy, except for sharing the same name. No sane person could ever implement an

• ethbr1 3y ago
  An extra-territorial crime Mostly committed by private citizens in pursuit of profit That all nations of the world have an interest in suppressing to encourage free trade that economically benefits them But which some countries at various times have a geopolitical interest in supporting ... you're right, they have no logical or legal connections at all.
  • tavavex 3y ago
    You could tie essentially any two crimes by assigning more broad descriptors to them that'd boil down to "this is what countries want to discourage". Not to mention, half of this is just wrong - digital piracy most often isn't extraterritorial (it very much falls under the jurisdiction of where the piracy took place), and most individuals pirate for personal needs, not profit. The point stands - no jurisdiction that I know of treats digital piracy similarly to naval piracy, and there is no strong argument in favor of doing so.
    • ethbr1 3y ago
      > digital piracy most often isn't extraterritorial (it very much falls under the jurisdiction of where the piracy took place) The canonical eBay/PayPal fraud from eastern Europe example? > most individuals pirate for personal needs, not profit. But most piracy is done by individuals in pursuit of profit, not for personal need.