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What are the ethics of Piracy? (dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I wrote this a long time ago, but I think it's still pertinent

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The true piracy is when people label it "piracy" in the first place. They are hijacking a loaded word in a transparent attempt to make normal activity sound wrong before we're even allowed to talk about it.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago

That hijack is one of their worst blunders though as pirates are very romanticized in culture. They just made us look way cooler than the computer nerds we are.