Thread: What is "piracy" and is it ever justified
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azorni is offline azorni
2010-03-05 , 04:23
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Originally Posted by mrojas View Post
Many things in life are free in the sense you don't pay money for them, but still cost something (effort, blood, toil, etc).
Indeed, but here we're talking about price.

Effort and work is not always rationally convertible into price. You might regret it, but its economical reality.

Value is not necessary commercial value. A poem might have great artistic value, but it has absolutely no commercial value. Because you just can't sell it. Same for a song that can be learnt just by listening to it. Great artistic value, but no commercial value.

I know many songs that I've heard on radio or wherever else, and I might enjoy singing them under my shower. And yet, I have never paid anything for this pleasure. Should I go in jail ?
Last edited by azorni; 2010-03-05 at 04:45.