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Piracy isn't stealing, it's copyright infringement. The copyright lobby overplayed their hand with those infamous cringey "you wouldn't steal a car" ads, and tr
by phendrenad2 3y ago
Piracy isn't stealing, it's copyright infringement. The copyright lobby overplayed their hand with those infamous cringey "you wouldn't steal a car" ads, and trying to claim that every copy made of their product was a "lost sale".
- jonathanstrange 3y agoThe worst thing about this campaign was that nearly every person on Earth would download a car if that was possible, e.g. with an affordable advanced 3D printing robot.
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- hazbo 3y agoI recently learned that it had been reported that the music for those ads was stolen and used without permission. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Wouldn%27t_Steal_a_Car https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Wouldn%27t_Steal_a_Car
- sonicanatidae 3y agoBecause of course it was. smh.
- lern_too_spel 3y agoThe Wikipedia article says that the reporting was incorrect and cites https://torrentfreak.com/sorry-the-you-wouldnt-steal-a-car-anti-piracy-ad-wasnt-pirated-170625/ https://torrentfreak.com/sorry-the-you-wouldnt-steal-a-car-a...
- sonicanatidae 3y agoThat's fair. It doesn't address the numerous cases where they did similar, but in this one case, sure, despite it matching their business model perfectly.
- quickthrower2 3y agoPiracy isn’t piracy either :-). No sailors were harmed in the watching of this torrent.
- npteljes 3y agoYeah, IT is a funny world where there are rockstars, architects, pirates, and neither of them are what the name suggests. It's like when people were naming the sea things after the already established land-things, so we got the seahorse, sea cucumber, seaweed etc.
- dgb23 3y agoWe generally have to invent so many names it’s dizzying. No wonder we’re using analogies. Also, terms like “pirate” and “rockstar” are fun to use. Maybe we like to use names that distract us from the purely abstract, digital reality.
- selcuka 3y agoSure, but pirates do steal. How is this a suitable word to differentiate something from stealing?
- wizardforhire 3y agoOne mans pirate is another mans patriot… if we’re gonna get pedantic
- quickthrower2 3y agoHey! stop handing out your red pill.
- realusername 3y agoI kind of liked they did that because now the whole "you would not download a car" became a joke and made the position of the copyright lobbies weaker morally.
- vorticalbox 3y agoI always found these funny "you wouldn't steal a car" well I might under certain circumstances.
- thewileyone 3y agoBy the same logic, if you just delete the content, then you're not stealing anymore.