Scene bust triggered historic drop in ‘pirate’ releases

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Post by caution » Fri, Sep 04, 2020, 4:16 PM UTC

Scene bust triggered historic drop in ‘pirate’ releases
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Re: Scene bust triggered historic drop in ‘pirate’ releases

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Post by RcouF1uZ4gsC » Fri, Sep 04, 2020, 5:29 PM UTC

One of the biggest successes of the music and movie industry is getting everyone to call unlicensed distribution “piracy”.

It equates a completely non-violent act with a very violent act that was once a capital crime.

Re: Scene bust triggered historic drop in ‘pirate’ releases

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Post by tenebrisalietum » Fri, Sep 04, 2020, 5:32 PM UTC

Awesome. Now we can see if the movie and media industry experience a correlated rise in profits and settle this question whether "piracy" damages these industries once and for all.

Re: Scene bust triggered historic drop in ‘pirate’ releases

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Post by paulcole » Fri, Sep 04, 2020, 5:34 PM UTC

RcouF1uZ4gsC wrote: post #2

One of the biggest successes of the music and movie industry is getting everyone to call unlicensed distribution “piracy”. It equates a completely non-violent act with a very violent act that was once a capital crime.

I too avoid calling it piracy.

Instead I call it "taking something you know you're not supposed to take."

Edit: Really love these downvotes. Shows that people who engage in this act would rather have it called piracy because it's easier to brush off than having to look in the mirror and admit they're obviously doing something wrong. Sure they can mangle definitions of common words and perform incredible mental gymnastics but the bottom line is that taking something you shouldn't is wrong.

Re: Scene bust triggered historic drop in ‘pirate’ releases

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Post by X6S1x6Okd1st » Fri, Sep 04, 2020, 5:37 PM UTC

tenebrisalietum wrote: post #3

Awesome. Now we can see if the movie and media industry experience a correlated rise in profits and settle this question whether "piracy" damages these industries once and for all.

Yeah it'd be fascinating to see if there is a ROI for the cost of that LE operation and rise in GDP/tax rev

Re: Scene bust triggered historic drop in ‘pirate’ releases

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Post by XMPPwocky » Fri, Sep 04, 2020, 5:40 PM UTC

paulcole wrote: post #4

RcouF1uZ4gsC wrote: post #2

One of the biggest successes of the music and movie industry is getting everyone to call unlicensed distribution “piracy”. It equates a completely non-violent act with a very violent act that was once a capital crime.

I too avoid calling it piracy. Instead I call it "taking something you know you're not supposed to take." Edit: Really love these downvotes. Shows that people who engage in this act would rather have it called piracy because it's easier to brush off than having to look in the mirror and admit they're obviously doing something wrong. Sure they can mangle definitions of common words and perform incredible mental gymnas…

What is being taken?

Re: Scene bust triggered historic drop in ‘pirate’ releases

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Post by praptak » Fri, Sep 04, 2020, 5:44 PM UTC

RcouF1uZ4gsC wrote: post #2

One of the biggest successes of the music and movie industry is getting everyone to call unlicensed distribution “piracy”. It equates a completely non-violent act with a very violent act that was once a capital crime.

The perception of piracy has changed though, not without help of the content industry. I bet they would prefer us to call it "terrorism" nowadays.

Re: Scene bust triggered historic drop in ‘pirate’ releases

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Post by calvano915 » Fri, Sep 04, 2020, 5:47 PM UTC

paulcole wrote: post #4

RcouF1uZ4gsC wrote: post #2

One of the biggest successes of the music and movie industry is getting everyone to call unlicensed distribution “piracy”. It equates a completely non-violent act with a very violent act that was once a capital crime.

I too avoid calling it piracy. Instead I call it "taking something you know you're not supposed to take." Edit: Really love these downvotes. Shows that people who engage in this act would rather have it called piracy because it's easier to brush off than having to look in the mirror and admit they're obviously doing something wrong. Sure they can mangle definitions of common words and perform incredible mental gymnas…

I like that. I saw a cookie jar and I took one. I didn't bake them myself, and it's not my fault they stole your recipe and gave the cookies away for free.

Re: Scene bust triggered historic drop in ‘pirate’ releases

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Post by thaumasiotes » Fri, Sep 04, 2020, 5:47 PM UTC

RcouF1uZ4gsC wrote: post #2

One of the biggest successes of the music and movie industry is getting everyone to call unlicensed distribution “piracy”. It equates a completely non-violent act with a very violent act that was once a capital crime.

It's not really a success. Nobody thinks of music piracy as more serious because of the word. If anything, they think of nautical piracy as less serious, because music piracy is the phenomenon they're familiar with.

Re: Scene bust triggered historic drop in ‘pirate’ releases

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Post by paulcole » Fri, Sep 04, 2020, 5:48 PM UTC

XMPPwocky wrote: post #6

paulcole wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I too avoid calling it piracy. Instead I call it "taking something you know you're not supposed to take." Edit: Really love these downvotes. Shows that people who engage in this act would rather have it called piracy because it's easier to brush off than having to look in the mirror and admit they're obviously doing something wrong. Sure they can mangle definitions of common words and perform incredible mental gymnas…

What is being taken?

Would love to hear your best guess/rationalization for how nothing is being taken.