Can piracy be a good thing?

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Jo21 said:

craighopkins said:
Piracy is stealing. And thats a bad thing.

 

 

 That doesn't make it right.

This is exactly why "stealing" is the wrong label to give piracy, it's easily attacked by pro-pirates since copying doesn't fit the exact definition of theft.

Piracy is devaluation of a product, just like lowering someone's land value by polluting.  Anti-pirates need to call piracy destruction, since that's what you're doing to the original's value everytime you copy.

 Now I dare you to go up to your favorite developer, show them this image, and explain to them why it's ok that you gave away their work to thousands of people while seeding for two weeks.

 

You know, I wonder what would happen if anyone broke into your office at night, stole the goods that you worked hard to produce and impacted your capacity to generate revenue to build up your pension fund, your kids college fund, etc.

Exactly.  I've seen pro-pirates get upset when their blogs are copied.  Piracy groups get upset when other groups re-tag .nfo files!  You need to understand your ideals work both ways, kids.