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Why do anti-piracy people often treat us as the "villains" of the story? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 week ago by incognito08@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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75% of the anti-piracy discussions I see rarely blame companies like Nintendo or Disney and always try to talk about how piracy is immoral, and you should feel "dirty" for doing it. My question is why do people seem to hate those who pirate more than the bad practices of mega-corporations or the fact that they don't want to preserve their media?

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[-] quirzle@programming.dev 85 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I blame the "piracy is stealing" advertising/propaganda. It was super effective, given that we all remember it.

Editing to add one of my favorite videos in the other direction, Copying is Not Theft.

[-] odium@programming.dev 8 points 1 week ago

I don't remember ever seeing such an advertisement in my life.

[-] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 27 points 1 week ago

YOU WOULDN'T DOWNLOAD A CAR

[-] quirzle@programming.dev 8 points 1 week ago

That "you wouldn't download a car" became the meme while the ad itself said "you wouldn't steal a car" drives home exactly how effective these ads were at conflating the two.

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