Question Copyright
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1:00 · 915K views · Apr 2, 2010
Nina Paley's one-minute animated free culture anthem with vocals by Connie Champagne, arguing that copying is not theft.
Linked constantly in copyright and piracy debates as a short explainer of the difference between copying and physical theft.
19 comments from Hacker News
When this video* was published, I thought the idea it tells was too obvious and well known, but time proved me wrong it seems. Please watch it. (*) this video
Which dictionary defines taking as simply gaining or acquiring something? If you "take" something from someone else it generally means that they no longer have what you took. This is all really pretty simple: this video Also, (at least in the US) legally copyright infringement is distinct from stealing.
I can't believe people are still equating copyright infringement with physical theft. Didn't that tired old argument die a long time ago ? If not, why not ? One more time, boys and girls: this video
Agree with you, except on the use of "steal". You steal when the owner lose the original. What happens in BitTorrent/FTP is copy. More about in copy is not theft video: this video
Oh no, you are now required to watch this damned cartoon: this video (A one minute ELI5 explanation about the difference between physical and intellectual property.)