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Piracy is Good: The Moral Imperative of Sharing Knowledge (technomagnus.vercel.app)

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Piracy, in today’s context of unauthorized sharing of digital content, is wrongly condemned as immoral theft. However, it is not piracy itself that is immoral. Rather, it is the greed-driven laws and practices that censor knowledge and creative works to maximize profits. At its core, piracy is about sharing information and creative works with others, which should be seen as a moral good. 🤑

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I believe in FOSS because it is voluntary effort. I don't believe stealing from someone who doesn't want to give their work for free is ethical.

You're clearly borderline communist, so I guess there's nothing I can say to change your mind. You think everyone should work for free for you, it is your born given right to get all their effort freely, even if they don't want to give it to you for free. Gotcha.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

I am libertarian. I believe in the maximum amount of personal freedom possible. You have the right charge for something and I have the right to not pay it. And it's not stealing it's copyright infringement. It's making a copy.

I don't believe it is ethical to block other people's happiness behnd a paywall. If you make something that could make the world a better place and then not share it, you are objectively making the world a worse place. How is that morally right?

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Bro, please go back and read what being libertarian means.

Being libertarian doesn't mean you get to do whatever the fuck you want. In fact, libertarians protect free market and property.

A libertarian would never agree with stealing someone's private effort. Never.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Again, piracy is not stealing it is copyright infringement. I don't believe ideas are property so I don't believe in protecting them. It's not that complicated.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Whatever world you envision, I'm glad I'm not part of it. Imagine a world in which inventors have no incentive to create because their ideas get stolen in the blink of an eye, leaving them bankrupt.

No thanks.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We already live in a world with copyright law and it's a shitshow so how much worse can it be? Have fun owning nothing and being nickle and dimed by subscriptions.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

So the world is bad because of copyright. OK.

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