back  So says Big Copyright, which adopted the term for copyright infringers because of "its suggestions of theft, destruction, and violence." But now, the "pirates"have "co-opted the term, adopting it with gusto and hoisting the Jolly Roger across the Internet (The Pirate Bay being the most famous example)."
I agree. Copyright infringers should not be called pirates. A pirate is a robber, plunderor, predator. The term much better describes the patent and copyright lobbies, which use state monopoly grants to plunder and rob the masses.
[Mises; SK] [Posted at 03/19/2010 05:19 AM by Stephan Kinsella on Piracy  comments(15)]
Comments Commenters in Techdirt were proposing utilizing "Content liberators" to name people who infringe. How about that? :D [Comment at 03/19/2010 06:19 AM by MrSonPopo] Firstly, 'Content' is a derogatory term for art (or intellectual work) used by manufacturers of copies for the raw material they use to fill copies with.
Secondly, art is not a human being and so it is not appropriate to anthropomorphise it by insinuating it could be liberated.
It is the individual pirates who assert their natural right to make copies by enjoying their cultural liberty counter to the privileged classes (copyright holders).
Pirate seems to be a most apposite term.
Pirate doesn't connote psychopath (unlike 'corporation').
Those who would reclaim their liberty can adopt the term 'pirate' with pride. I have - see: digitalproductions.co.uk/?q=pirate.
[Comment at 03/19/2010 08:34 AM by Crosbie Fitch] I think of copyright and patents as infringement on my property rights.
If I have a block of aluminium and a CNC machine there are certain shapes that I am not legally allowed to machine out of that block. But it's my tools and my aluminium so clearly it's my rights that are being infringed upon. [Comment at 04/02/2010 03:20 AM by Markus G.] such a "pirate" needs term paper help each beginning of the year)
[Comment at 04/08/2010 07:21 AM by nigel] Why are all the new comments for the last few days meaningless mentions of term papers that don't seem to discuss the actual topics?
What the hell has happened to this site, anyway? It's suddenly nearly dead. Did the big three-way flamewar among Beeswax, Lonnie, and propatentuiq scare everybody off or something? [Comment at 04/08/2010 08:58 AM by Nobody Nowhere] I never thought about this problem this way but I think your right. The "pirate" title might actually assign a certain prestige to these guys. What do you suppose we labels these guys? We have some of these guys running around The Woodlands Texas
[Comment at 04/26/2010 07:34 PM by Jarrod] Thanks a lot for Sharing! Great Article! Kredit [Comment at 05/24/2010 11:34 PM by Peterpy] Yes you're right. But you know, the big one prefer considering that we are all pirates...
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[Comment at 06/23/2010 10:08 AM by karl] I was never overly happy with the term pirate, but I guess we're stuck with it now. Mark @ debt help [Comment at 06/24/2010 12:04 PM by Mark] i was never overly happy with the term pirate, but I guess we're stuck with it now
Giochi Gratis [Comment at 11/08/2010 12:16 PM by alex] 'Content' is a derogatory term for art (or intellectual work) used by manufacturers of copies for the raw material they use to fill copies with.
Giochi Di Cucina [Comment at 01/08/2011 05:27 AM by Alex] I never thought about this problem this way but I think your right. The "pirate" title might actually assign a certain prestige to these guys. What do you suppose we labels these guys? We have some of these guys running around
Assicurazione Moto [Comment at 03/01/2011 06:50 AM by Robert] If I have a block of aluminium and a CNC machine there are certain shapes that I am not legally allowed to machine out of that block
Assicurazione Auto [Comment at 03/01/2011 06:51 AM by Robert] Did the big three-way flamewar among Beeswax, Lonnie, and propatentuiq scare everybody off or something? essay help [Comment at 04/10/2011 11:30 PM by Hanna] very interesting article! I will follow your themes.
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