haqqaton said:
Aren't you taking the data that you haven't paid it for? What's the difference to software piracy? |
Agree, anything that you take for free when their is actually a cost up front is considered "piracy" at least in media.
Piracy may not be something that law enforcement really enforces (outside of the bigwigs like what happened to Napster back in the day). But it is essentially breaking a law.
If you bring a camera and record a movie even if you spend money to watch the movie in the theatre, then decide to even keep it for yourself for your own pleasure or distribute it online, you are making the studio that produced the movie lose revenue due to a loss of a customer(s) either from the original theatre showings or the distribution through DVD/Bluray/etc. Which is what piracy really is. Same with any other type of media like books, music, games, etc. You are copying the data that you yourself didn't originally produce or create.
Growing your own fruit/vegetables would make you a producer therefore not stealing anything. Even if its a one-for-one recreation like with fan adaptations of movies, or covers for a song, that isn't considered piracy since you are being a producer of that creation, although you may get sued/fined if you don't thank or get permission from the original creators.
