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A comment on The Pirate Bay's statement on PIPA/SOPA. Parent comment
Please elaborate. Where does my statement conflict with reality?
> It's the real thing
It's already a copy of a copy of an edit of an edit of a copy a magnetic tape in someone's camera.
> and I took it.
You copied it. If you insist on calling it "take" or "steal" you must accept that you took or stole games from steam after purchasing then.
> but if you think the pirate bay is about 'imitation'
I didn't even mention Pirate Bay.
> When I download my series of the pirate bay
You don't. You download them directly off hundreds of other people across the world. TPB just gives you the list of people.
When you go to a restaurant, do you say that you sit at the waiter and eat forks?
Clean semantics, and not confusing the medium with the object, are crucial for discussion.
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Please elaborate. Where does my statement conflict with reality?
> It's the real thing
It's already a copy of a copy of an edit of an edit of a copy a magnetic tape in someone's camera.
> and I took it.
You copied it. If you insist on calling it "take" or "steal" you must accept that you took or stole games from steam after purchasing then.
> but if you think the pirate bay is about 'imitation'
I didn't even mention Pirate Bay.
> When I download my series of the pirate bay
You don't. You download them directly off hundreds of other people across the world. TPB just gives you the list of people.
When you go to a restaurant, do you say that you sit at the waiter and eat forks?
Clean semantics, and not confusing the medium with the object, are crucial for discussion.