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copyright is not the same as piracy
by chourobin 1y ago
copyright is not the same as piracy
- asadotzler 1y agopiracy isn't a thing, except on the high seas. what you're thinking about is copyright violation.
- downrightmike 1y agoYup, piracy sounds better than copyright violation. “Piracy” is mostly a rhetorical term in the context of copyright. Legally, it’s still called infringement or unauthorized copying. But industries and lobbying groups (e.g., RIAA, MPAA) have favored “piracy” for its emotional weight.
- collingreen 1y agoEmotional weight or because it's intentionally misleading.
- admissionsguy 1y agoDoes piracy have negative connotations? I thought everyone thought pirates were cool
- accrual 1y agoEveryone but the person(s) affected by the pirates, I suppose.
- downrightmike 1y agoReally that is just the hollywood version of pirates
- downrightmike 1y agoI'll also point out that the Nazi hunters were able to bring the fugitive nazis to justice because the nazis were declared as pirates aka "enemies of humanity" File sharing is not that.
- achierius 1y agoCan you explain why? What makes them categorically different or at the very least why is "piracy" quantitatively worse than 'just' copyright violation?
- arrosenberg 1y agoPiracy is theft - you have taken something and deprived the original owner of it. Copyright infringement is unauthorized reproduction - you have made a copy of something, but you have not deprived the original owner of it. At most, you denied them revenue although generally less than the offended party claims, since not all instances of copying would have otherwise resulted in a sale.
- fuzzfactor 1y agoI have about the same concept of piracy these days. Real piracy always involves booty. Naturally booty is wealth that has been hoarded. Has nothing to do with wealth that may or may not come in the future, regardless of whether any losses due to piracy have taken place already or not.
- ddingus 1y agoYes, and the struggle with this back in the day was the *IAA and related organizations wanted to equate infringement with theft. And to be clear, we javelin the word infringement precisely because it is not theft. In addition to the deprived revenue, piracy also improves on the general relevance the author has or may have in the public sphere. Essentially, one of the side effects of piracy is basically advertising. Doctorow was one of the early ones to bring this aspect of it up.
- charcircuit 1y agoSaying that piracy isn't copyright violation is an RMS talking point. It's not worth trying to ask why because the answer will be RMS said so and will not be backed by the common usage of the word.
- buzzerbetrayed 1y ago