About Internet Piracy
According to the news on Fotospor, the IP addresses of everyone who watched the derby via IPTV have been identified. After the file is submitted to the prosecutor’s office, depending on the decision made, individuals may be called for statements and face legal sanctions.
Big companies constantly say, “Piracy is theft,” and add: “Artists can’t earn money because of you, you are thieves, you have killed innovation! By pirating, you are destroying art.” But are these really true?
Let’s say I own a market and sell eggs. If you come and steal my eggs, I can’t sell them and I lose money. However, if you copy my eggs, nothing of mine is lost and I can continue selling. It is ridiculous to punish a hungry child on the street who copies your eggs to feed himself.
In my opinion, piracy can have a positive effect on original works. Haven’t you bought the original of a pirated game later when your economic situation improved?
All the companies that promote the propaganda “stealing piracy is theft” and complain about it, used all videos and books without permission in AI training. Moreover, shamelessly in court, they say, “If we hadn’t used these contents, AI could not have reached this level.” So why shouldn’t we use piracy? If they steal, we can steal from them too. The conclusion here is: when you get content by piracy, you become a thief, but when companies do it for their own interests, they remain innocent.