(why does Trisquel sometimes deletes my comment instead of posting it??)
For the last time, words meanings CHANGE over time. "Piracy" is a term that
for the last few years has been used to mention illegal sharing of
intelectual/copyrighted property. I will keep using the term because it's
accurate for the people of today, and would really like it if you stopped
making comparisions between this and sea attacks.
As for the other comments, I can get any studies I want and you can get any
studies you want, we both know that studies are many times manipulated to
suit the person who paid for them. The truth is that people don't really care
about sharing they only care about watching the latest blockbuster without
paying. That is a weak motivation and leads to a weak society. People who do
piracy don't care about supporting artists anyway, they don't fight to change
laws, they just disobey the law as much as possible because it's technicaly
possible. People who do piracy don't care about the license that says "don't
share me". That's wrong, right? That's why we have free software, because we
want free software with free license.
Want to prove me wrong?
If you care about sharing, you will want to share things that were created to
be shared in the first place.
If you care about sharing, you will want to share things with a free
"shareable" license.
If you care about freedom, you will want to have musics that can be remixed
and used commercially.
If you care about supporting the artists and not the companies, instead of
pirating movies and musics (you are supporting no one that way) you can go
and share and promote and support independent artists, share their stuff and
make donations. That way you are helping artists. Pirating you are only
feeding your own desire.
RMS didn't pirated UNIX even if he was technically capable of doing it. He
created a new system and a new license. Now some people (maybe even RMS
himself, I don't know and don't particularly care) want to restrict that to
software. They want to say "I only use free software, I am ethical, but I
won't stop pirating movies and musics". I say NO! We must go a step further
and live the free culture at all levels. My moto is "Using free software to
watch free movies". And that's what I believe to be right.
