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I know this is pedantic but it is so annoying: downloading shows is not piracy. It is totally nuts to conflate unauthorized copying and sharing with the violent
by bee_rider 1y ago
I know this is pedantic but it is so annoying: downloading shows is not piracy. It is totally nuts to conflate unauthorized copying and sharing with the violent act of going on somebody’s boat and killing/threatening them until you loot their stuff.
Calling it piracy was funny during the early Internet when it was all pirate and ninja memes. But really letting them conflate this very minor crime with violence was a big propaganda loss.
- TrackerFF 1y agoFair enough, but if you torrent a show - which I assume most people pirating something do - you also share something, unless you explicitly turn off seeding.
- wrasee 1y agoSome words are overload with more than one meaning. That’s like, a thing in many languages.
- layer8 1y agoYou are a couple of centuries late: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_infringement#%22Piracy%22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_infringement#%22Pira...
- GoblinSlayer 1y agothe irony https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_Ferdinand_Keppler_-_The_Pirate_Publisher_-_Puck_Magazine_-_Restoration_by_Adam_Cuerden.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_Ferdinand_Keppler_...
- IshKebab 1y agoYou're not being pedantic, you're being wrong.
- opan 1y agoAgreed. I do my part to avoid using the word at least since seeing it on gnu's words-to-avoid page several years ago. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Piracy https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Piracy I don't usually get too many weird looks with "unauthorized copying".
- bee_rider 1y agoOh, that’s funny. Actually I feel a bit Stallman-y when I point this out.
- wiredpancake 1y agoNo one is conflating piracy with raid boats, killing people and physically stealing items. Ignoring the nuance is just ignorance and pedantic. As a matter of fact, most people likely don't even associate piracy with pirates or boats. It's almost universally used to describe obtaining digital content for free.
- bee_rider 1y agoI think this is the more nuances understanding of the conversation. Using a word associated with violence and theft to describe something like copyright infringement is just over-the-top and ridiculous.