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lemmeee@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  We’ve long since reclaimed the word, though. It’s not called The Sharing Bay, after all.

  That’s my Care Bears only private tracker.

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  • lemmeee@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I think it’s easier for a person to say “piracy is bad” than “sharing files is bad”. Because why would sharing be wrong? But if you give it a bad name, a lot of people will automatically assume that it is something bad. It’s a simple trick, but it works. If we want to change the way people think about copyright, we shouldn’t let anyone imply that sharing is the same as stealing ships and murdering people on them.

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    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      if you give it a bad name, a lot of people will automatically assume that it is something bad. It’s a simple trick, but it works.

      Only on easily manipulated and shallow idiots. Especially when the term is used neutrally and positively too. I’ll grant that there’s a lot of those, but not enough that we should let them dictate what words we use.

      If we want to change the way people think about copyright, we shouldn’t let anyone imply that sharing information is the same as stealing ships and murdering people on them

      Again, only total morons think that the two are connected or similar. We should never let morons dictate our words and actions.

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      • androogee@midwest.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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  • CoggyMcFee@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    While I agree about reclaiming the word, what OP is talking about is not what a reclaimed word accomplishes. A reclaimed word is about empowerment within the group. OP is talking about selling the concept to the public at large.

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• SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Especially since a great deal of that research was performed using public funds.

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  • Holyhandgrenade@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Exactly, this research was funded by my tax money but I’m not allowed to read it unless I pay some third party profiteer? That makes no fucking sense

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• platypus_plumba@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So you don’t mind when companies share files with your data?

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  • orangeboats@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    But personal files are… personal?

    Research journals are published. Public.

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    • platypus_plumba@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      He’s clearly talking about piracy in general. The point being that just because something is a file, it doesn’t mean it isn’t intellectual property.

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  • lemmeee@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They shouldn’t collect data in the first place.

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    • platypus_plumba@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Well, they just saw a file in your phone and were like “it’s a file, so this isn’t stealing because we’re duplicating the information”.

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      • lemmeee@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Only if it’s a file that’s already publicly available. When you buy a movie, why shouldn’t you be able to share it with others? I’m not saying that you should be able to hack a filmmaker’s computer and publish movies they’ve never released, though.

        The scenario you described can’t happen to me anyway, because I only use Free Software. You can learn more about it here: piped.video/watch?v=Ag1AKIl_2GM

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