Re:Tell HN: It's easier and faster to pirate an e-book, than...
by the_af on Thursday December 29, 2022 @10:30AM
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> There is no actual pirating going on when you copy a digital file
Note we did have this conversation, years if not decades before. Everyone "in the know" already understands this. I bet most HN readers understand this.
It's just that general consumers don't, and there was a successful propaganda campaign by media owners and distributors to label this as "piracy", and the name stuck.
It seems educating users is an uphill battle when fighting against a propaganda campaign by companies with deep pockets.
Note we did have this conversation, years if not decades before. Everyone "in the know" already understands this. I bet most HN readers understand this.
It's just that general consumers don't, and there was a successful propaganda campaign by media owners and distributors to label this as "piracy", and the name stuck.
It seems educating users is an uphill battle when fighting against a propaganda campaign by companies with deep pockets.