Comments on: Piracy is NOT Theft: Problems of a Nonsense Metaphor

By: Guest3

Guest3 — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 09:54:00 +0000

@Guest

“This would effectively be the same as using a photocopier to copy a book. So do photocopiers not actually copy things?”

Would you buy a photocopied book at retail price?

No? Then it’s not good enough to be called a ‘copy’.

The content is all there but it is not worth a carrot.

First Guest was right. Comprehension, yours Guest2, is less than lacking.

By: LATW Episode 11, (October 1–November 15, 2011) « shahriar

LATW Episode 11, (October 1–November 15, 2011) « shahriar — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:18:50 +0000

[...] Piracy is not theft [...]

By: Twilight Sparkle

Twilight Sparkle — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:02:00 +0000

pure and simple if the stupid dumb asses wouldnt charge so fucking much there would be no goddamn need to get it for free i have seen the prices for shit and i have to say RIP OFF! i mean why the hell would you pay 50 bucks for a cd boxset? or let alone 500 for a program its just Stupid! plain and simple Its the industries faults for over pricing there shit

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:21:00 +0000

“It doesn’t matter if the item is a movie or a candybar you didn’t pay for it, the creator demanded payment in exchange for it, you didn’t pay for it. That is theft.”

I demand payment to read this this post I have just created. Please send $100 to my PayPal account. No? That is theft.

By: anonymous1663344

anonymous1663344 — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:12:00 +0000

clearly written by someone who doesn’t depend on creative works for a living. You received some value form the work (watched the show, listened to music, ate the candybar). You didn’t pay the creator of said work (the show, music, candybar has been assigned a value the creator wants in exchange for the use of the item). It doesn’t matter if the item is a movie or a candybar you didn’t pay for it, the creator demanded payment in exchange for it, you didn’t pay for it. That is theft.

By: A Short History of File Sharing « Celtic Ryouma

A Short History of File Sharing « Celtic Ryouma — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 23:47:55 +0000

[...] fact that the recording industry insists on calling it theft doesn’t help. There’s no physical copy being made or taken, so this creates a [...]

By: Baronluigi5

Baronluigi5 — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 22:42:00 +0000

Its more simple:

- The way of bussines of the audiovisual Industry is selling copies of their products. Computers can make copies of equal quality for free. If you use a copy, there is no need to buy it from the stores if it does not have something more.

By: guest

guest — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 21:41:00 +0000

Right, so you can’t understand sarcasm?

Additionally, piracy: “The practice of attacking and robbing ships at sea”.
So, what people are doing when they share files is not actually piracy. This is the point he was making. If you want to call that piracy, it is also fair to say other things such as what he did.
For the rape analogy, you entered without permission (kind of like when your penis enters without permission). With the vandalism analogy, you defaced something (just like when you deface a wall by putting graffiti on it.

People call this piracy to make it sound bad and introduce draconian measures to try and gain control of the internet. It should be called file-sharing.

By: guest

guest — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 21:41:00 +0000

Right, so you can’t understand sarcasm?

People call this piracy to make it sound bad and introduce draconian measures to try and gain control of the internet. It should be called file-sharing.

By: Guest

Guest — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 21:27:00 +0000

Guest, do you not understand electricity at all?
In your example of tapping into electricity, this is effectively stealing goods. You take energy from him.
Electricity is a type of goods, providing electricity is a service. By tapping into his electricity supply, you are not stealing a service, you are stealing a good.
A service is something like a blowjob or a massage or the like. I am yet to understand how anyone could steal this, except by simply not paying for it and running away. This crime isn’t theft, it is not paying a bill.
As for your garbage example, that would be littering