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Weird, I have the exact opposite impression, I always thought the common HN hivemind mentality was EXTREMELY pro piracy, usually rationalized with one of the fo
by jbigelow76 14y ago
Weird, I have the exact opposite impression, I always thought the common HN hivemind mentality was EXTREMELY pro piracy, usually rationalized with one of the following justifications:
1. "I wasn't going to buy it anyway so the author isn't losing a sale"
2. Zero incremental cost!
3. "If I like it I'll eventually maybe buy it" (if only I could use that defense after stealing a Porsche)
4. Paul Graham's oddball (in my opinion at least) "stealing the smells" re-imagining of property.
[http://www.paulgraham.com/property.html http://www.paulgraham.com/property.html]
- untog 14y agoAh, the old "piracy is not stealing because nothing is taken from the owner" card. To be fair, I don't see it often in HN- on Reddit, however...
- gurkendoktor 14y ago5. They should just sell T-shirts/concert tickets/support plans instead 6. Art must be performed for free, otherwise it's commercial crap I think whether HN is pro piracy depends very much on which comment thread you look at: If "DRM" is part of the title, the mood will be very different from "Show HN: My New Book", in my experience...