Comments on: Piracy Is Not Theft (Fun Picture)

By: allanonmage

allanonmage — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:16:42 +0000

@Archbob, @Zambani : yep, that’s what my professor said too.

@Aw: yeah… I think it’s too late to nip that one in the bud…. But you are 100% right. The bank should properly authenticate its users, not the other way around.

By: Juuso Hietalahti

Juuso Hietalahti — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:24:47 +0000

Updated picture :)

By: MrPhil

MrPhil — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:15:05 +0000

Wow… I never thought about piracy as counterfeiting.

By: Aw

Aw — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:31:12 +0000

Sargon, There’s actually is no such thing as “identity theft”. When people say “identity theft” they mean to say “fraud”. But “identity theft” makes it seem like it’s the person being impersonated’s problem, not the bank’s problem.

By: Sargon

Sargon — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 17:19:31 +0000

So, there is no such a thing as identity theft, only identity pirating.
Unless… the guy who steals your identity also kills you. O.O

By: Jake Birkett

Jake Birkett — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 22:46:10 +0000

LOL @ the fake money idea, good one. I’m gonna start printing it tomorrow.

By: Zambani

Zambani — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:38:10 +0000

People, you miss the point. In theft, the use of the item or information is no longer available to the original owner.
In piracy, the item is still available to the original owner.
Piracy deprives the owner of controlling how his/her product is used in the market place.
If I sneak into the back of a movie theater without paying and watch a movie, very few would consider that as theft in the normal sense. However, we all know that my actions are still illegal because it deprives the theater owner the right to determine who gets to watch their film. And I’m sure if I pay them they would let me watch.
So Piracy is more related to illegal access/trespassing than it is to theft in the everyday use of the theses words

By: Eli

Eli — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:56:15 +0000

Genius.

By: Coyote

Coyote — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:58:16 +0000

I’m sure that defense will stand up in court.

By: Juuso Hietalahti

Juuso Hietalahti — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:49:35 +0000

Technically…. I think this picture doesn’t say that piracy shouldn’t happen… or that pirating is okay. It’s simply saying that piracy isn’t theft. ;)

Good idea Ben :P