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

submitted 1 year ago by harry_h0udini911@lemmy.fmhy.ml to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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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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[-] platypus_plumba@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago

If indie creators aren't creating content for money, they can go ahead and give their work away, nobody is stopping them...

But stealing from people who actually want to monetize on the content they created? Maybe they want to grow their business, maybe a lot of workers depend on that income, maybe the company needed that extra income to avoid closing a branch, maybe they were in debt...

Go ahead and steal, I don't care. But don't think highly of yourself for doing so, that's such bullshit.

If pirating wasn't illegal a lot of industries would die. So let's keep it illegal and unethical, so people actually purchase the products that keep these industries alive and thriving.

I came here expecting to get tips on piracy and instead I saw a bunch of people claiming they were doing God's work. Insane.

[-] ayaya@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

No what's bullshit is you coming to a place about piracy while not believing in the free exchange of media and information. It is unethical to prevent people from doing so not the other way around.

[-] platypus_plumba@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago

I believe in FOSS because it is voluntary effort. I don't believe stealing from someone who doesn't want to give their work for free is ethical.

You're clearly borderline communist, so I guess there's nothing I can say to change your mind. You think everyone should work for free for you, it is your born given right to get all their effort freely, even if they don't want to give it to you for free. Gotcha.

[-] ayaya@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I am libertarian. I believe in the maximum amount of personal freedom possible. You have the right charge for something and I have the right to not pay it. And it's not stealing it's copyright infringement. It's making a copy.

I don't believe it is ethical to block other people's happiness behnd a paywall. If you make something that could make the world a better place and then not share it, you are objectively making the world a worse place. How is that morally right?

[-] platypus_plumba@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago

Bro, please go back and read what being libertarian means.

Being libertarian doesn't mean you get to do whatever the fuck you want. In fact, libertarians protect free market and property.

A libertarian would never agree with stealing someone's private effort. Never.

[-] ayaya@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Again, piracy is not stealing it is copyright infringement. I don't believe ideas are property so I don't believe in protecting them. It's not that complicated.

[-] platypus_plumba@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

Whatever world you envision, I'm glad I'm not part of it. Imagine a world in which inventors have no incentive to create because their ideas get stolen in the blink of an eye, leaving them bankrupt.

No thanks.

[-] ayaya@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

We already live in a world with copyright law and it's a shitshow so how much worse can it be? Have fun owning nothing and being nickle and dimed by subscriptions.