
@sidereal to add fuel on the fire... "Copying is not theft"
Massive Expansion of Italy's Piracy Shield Underway - An anonymous reader quotes a report from Techdirt: Walled Culture has been followi... - https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/04/03/2257221/massive-expansion-of-italys-piracy-shield-underway?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #piracy
What if Sweden's reponse to US tariffs would be to legalize The Pirate Bay again.
You know, that search engine which once caused the US to threaten Sweden with sanctions.
#thepiratebay #piracy #copyright
RIP,
When did the bot stop working? There haven't been any crossposts from Twitter in over a year!
Is digital piracy ethically justifiable?
From: blenderdumbass . org
A large majority of people confuse privacy with data protection. And lately I'm noticing an uproar of ideologies that claim to be pro-freedom in one way or another, but which threaten freedom as a whole. I think there is a certain copyright mentality to them. Certain misunderstanding of ownership which makes fighting for freed...
Read or listen: https://blenderdumbass.org/articles/the_copyright_mentality
From: blenderdumbass . org
A large majority of people confuse privacy with data protection. And lately I'm noticing an uproar of ideologies that claim to be pro-freedom in one way or another, but which threaten freedom as a whole. I think there is a certain copyright mentality to them. Certain misunderstanding of ownership which makes fighting for freed...
Read or listen: https://blenderdumbass.org/articles/the_copyright_mentality
For-Profit (Creative) Software | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4mdMMu-3fc
Italy Demands Google Poison Its Public DNS Under Strict Piracy Shield Law - "Italy is using its Piracy Shield law to go after Google," reports Ars Technica, "... - https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/03/23/0043217/italy-demands-google-poison-its-public-dns-under-strict-piracy-shield-law?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #piracy
If you're a writer, Open AI stole your work because your books came from piracy sites. Pirates, you should be mad about this, especially since BigTech is profiting from your piracy website while you fight the feds. Trust me.
It is important to learn about Shadow libraries though, so start here, link below, or start with the #OpenAccess movement.
https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-edited-volume/3600/Shadow-LibrariesAccess-to-Knowledge-in-Global
Plex enshittifies: Popular video piracy platform is now going to require you pay if you want to stream your pirated video offsite. Also prices are going up.
https://www.plex.tv/blog/important-2025-plex-updates/
#streaming #piracy #video #plex #tv #-
I'm glad Neil Gaiman isn't the number one downloaded author on piracy websites after the sexual assault cases and reports anymore. That was sad. Pleased to see people downloading Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams instead. #Piracy