[LINK] A Definition Of Piracy In The Digital Age

[Lea de Groot]

On 07/02/2009, at 2:22 PM, Craig Sanders wrote:

> it's still an exercise in spin and mind-control, to associate  
> copyright
> infringement with theft and murder. such propaganda is inaccurate,
> objectionable and needs to be resisted no matter how old it is. the
> fact that a propaganda campaign has had some success in infiltrating
> the minds and speech of the public does not justify it or mean that  
> the
> battle is over.

While totally agreeing with the concept that the major media  
distributors are fighting a war with FUD, I don't think its as simple  
as that.
Words are mutable.
True, they've tried to define 'copyright infringement' as something  
Awful by associating it with pirates, but they've lost that battle,  
because people have taken the word and changed its connotations, if  
not its meaning completely.
I mean, have you seen the Pirates of the Carribean movies? Apparently  
pirates are people who fight against evil tyranny! Who knew? ;)
(In the first movie the pirates raid a town - tick. By the end of the  
third movie they are fighting an evil overlord - cross!)

Lea
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