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Piracy is Good: The Moral Imperative of Sharing Knowledge (technomagnus.vercel.app)

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Piracy, in today’s context of unauthorized sharing of digital content, is wrongly condemned as immoral theft. However, it is not piracy itself that is immoral. Rather, it is the greed-driven laws and practices that censor knowledge and creative works to maximize profits. At its core, piracy is about sharing information and creative works with others, which should be seen as a moral good. 🤑

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Businesses who want to make money need a way to make a product that can't be trivially reproduced on any basic computer. Or at least a way to distribute their product more conveniently. Everyone always pointed to how piracy declined when streaming was affordable. That was because it was more convenient to stream than make copies and host content yourself. Now that's reversing again.

Maybe it will be good if the only movies and music that are made are the ones from people with true inspiration. I wonder if Homer only wrote the Odyssey because he knew the state had strong copyright protections?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I suspect it's only reversing because the companies got greedy. Netflix used to have a massive catalogue, but now one needs to subscribe to multiple platforms, all charging like they're an aggregator rather than a niche.

The ones with inspiration in the video world seems to be TV studios these days - at least as far as sorry telling goes.

I think 'the Homers of the world' are like teachers, they're always gonna teach (remember that may Damon rant?. I'll admit I haven't read the be Odyssey, I hardly have any idea what it's about...