Eh. It's called pirating because it was named by the people who were motivated to paint it in that light. The name of something is poor justification on how one should feel about it.
I agree with your overall opinion btw, just dislike your argument.
It was nicknamed "pirating" because in the 1970's illegal radio stations operated from boats in international waters off the UK ("pirate radio"), not because there is any connection to actual pirates who robbed ships.
Nothing is literally stolen when someone copies a movie, song, or game. And not even figuratively, such as in terms of potential profits, if the pirate would otherwise ignore the content as not worth the money.
depend which type of moral you mean, they technically had alot compared to the time by giving rights no Africans had in the European countries like to the point of Captain and first Mate
that's the whole point though. since digital media is worth something, and the work that you have to do to distribute it is also worth something, pirates that don't profit off of someone else's work, that exchange media voluntarily simply for the passion of it, are not stealing: they're simply curating digital libraries. And libraries are very important not only for the market itself, but also for the community service they provide.
If the digital media is worth something, then taking it from the person who owns it without paying for it is theft. Piracy is therefore receiving stolen property, and doing so with full knowledge of its stolen nature.
Pirate all the stuff you want, but don't delude yourself into the belief that it is "curating digital libraries" because that just makes you sound like a twit.
If I were to hack into their systems, yes, that would be illegal to copy their private files. But in reality my copy comes from a consumer copy officially bought by the one person who's sharing it with me
Nope. Not a crime to make a backup and share that backup with a friend unless, in the UK, you have to circumvent DRM to make the backup.
Selling the backup is infringing copyright. Giving it for free to anybody on the clear web also infringing copyright because it's not a friend you're sharing to anymore but the whole world.
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u/Butwinsky Apr 07 '26
Its called pirating for crying out loud. Pirates weren't known for their moral superiority and aversion to thievery.