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'hacker' has also changed meanings. There isn't much you can do about it. That's the nature of language. Copyright infringement isn't theft, it's counterfeit

'hacker' has also changed meanings. There isn't much you can do about it. That's the nature of language. Copyright infringement isn't theft, it's counterfeiting. It's 100X worse because instead of just stealing some physical items like a television, it's devaluing the television to the point where it can no longer be sold.

nyolfen 10y ago
and yet people still buy media
SomeStupidPoint 10y ago
It certainly can still be sold, just look at music. The industry recaptured a lot of people through a combination of affordable DRM free purchases and easy-to-use streaming. Video is getting there, they just allowed license restrictions and greedy pricing get in the way. It's not that people wont pay for media content, it's that they won't allow rent seeking behavior to stifle cultural innovation and enjoyment. I view trying to silo culture to extract maximal rent as considerably worse than taking away their artificial monopoly in response.