Why illegal downloading should not be called ‘pirating’ [Comic]
Posted By Ashraf On January 28, 2013 @ 1:00 AM In Miscellaneous | 2 Comments
Pirating, Illegal downloading, Pirating, Illegal downloading. Are they one in the same? Most people would say “yes, they are”. Personally, I would agree. However, as the following comic humorously points out, if you want people to stop illegally download copyrighted material (the ill-legality of which, by the way, varies from country to country [1]), then stop calling it pirating. Check it out:
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Hehe…
[via Geeks Are Sexy [3], RockPaperCynic [4]]
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[1] varies from country to country: http://dottech.org/81753/did-you-know-it-is-legal-to-download-copyrighted-content-aka-file-sharing-for-personal-use-in-some-countries/
[2] Image: http://cdn.dottech.org/media/2013/01/piracy_comic_2.jpg
[3] Geeks Are Sexy: http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2013/01/27/stop-calling-illegal-downloading-piracy-comic/
[4] RockPaperCynic: http://www.rockpapercynic.com/index.php?date=2012-04-09
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