Why can't we discuss matters relating to piracy?

[Lord Baal]

A 20-month ban? That's a new one.

 

[Akka]

I have to say I've always found very deeply disturbing that it's easier on most forums to talk about the death and abuse of people, than it is to talk about copyright violation.

I take it as a very worrying trend about the power of corporate interest and the, well, "brainwashing" is certainly a bit too grandiose and pretentious as a word, but it somehow reflect the kind of idea, of the population which is "trained" more and more to believe in a skewed scale of values which put at the highest monetary profit.

Despite the big time which happened between the first post and the necro, it still feels the same.

 

[Ondskan]

Nah I haven't goten a 20 month ban. I just haven't visited the site in 20 months (well maybe once or twice) and then checked my old threads. I wish my religion thread was opened but it went to hell once I was banned according to a mod.

This one is still open and it discusses an interesting ethical "dilemma" so better to necro than to re-create.

 

[Ondskan]

I have to say I've always found very deeply disturbing that it's easier on most forums to talk about the death and abuse of people, than it is to talk about copyright violation.

I take it as a very worrying trend about the power of corporate interest and the, well, "brainwashing" is certainly a bit too grandiose and pretentious as a word, but it somehow reflect the kind of idea, of the population which is "trained" more and more to believe in a skewed scale of values which put at the highest monetary profit.

Despite the big time which happened between the first post and the necro, it still feels the same.

Yeah I know, right.
But that's part of a far wider range of issues propagate through all channels of media.
And here I am not only talking about piracy. A major issue I see in the moral degradation of our society are these cops-clones on all major TV stations nowdays. Either dealing with that or with sickness/fire/rescue etc.

Basically videotaping people in a non-documentary/objective sense that are in serious trauma/trouble one way or an other and making a sport or event of it. Such things were depicted in films from 70's as the absolute vision of dystopia. Today they are reality. At the same time serious political satire or true outpour of human emotion is considered ever more dangerous as are other topics such as this one.

Major critics of this will note that there still exist platforms to express these positions, what ever they may be. But as mainstream discards them and they fall into the realms of the underground this itself is a serious issue to worry about.

 

[deanej]

I have to say I've always found very deeply disturbing that it's easier on most forums to talk about the death and abuse of people, than it is to talk about copyright violation.

I take it as a very worrying trend about the power of corporate interest and the, well, "brainwashing" is certainly a bit too grandiose and pretentious as a word, but it somehow reflect the kind of idea, of the population which is "trained" more and more to believe in a skewed scale of values which put at the highest monetary profit.

Despite the big time which happened between the first post and the necro, it still feels the same.

The ultimate end of this road: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html

 

[Birdjaguar]

Moderator Action: Piracy and its promotion are not part of CFC. There is no reason to necro a two year old thread on the matter.
Please read the forum rules: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=422889