Why Film Piracy Is Good For South Africa

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http://blog.floatinginspace.za.org/why-film-piracy-is-good-for-south-africa/

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I haven’t read the article in question. But I personally feel pirating is wrong. But before we even entered that debate I would say to call someone that copies/clones something a pirate is also wrong.

The fictional question I always ask myself is would it be wrong if I have a cloning device and clone myself a new Car or Computer. Because the original object would still be owned by the owner I will only have a copy/clone.

And if you have a answer to the above question you will have a answer to if it is wrong to copy/clone media.I personally do not copy media because I want to support the people that brought me this media I can listen to, watch or use.

Regards,

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The title of the blog post is maybe a bit misleading. It has little to do with piracy. It’s more a discussion of the film industry in South Africa, which is dominated by Nu Metro and Ster Kinekor.

Two points:

  • There’s a difference between something being legal and something being morally right. I can do something that is legal and morally wrong, or something illegal that is morally right. This is what the article alludes to.

If you buy a cd or dvd to support the people that made it, how much actually goes to the people most responsible for that song or movie, and how much goes into someone else’s pocket?

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Besides that, it’s always fun to read a justified and reasonably well-written rant, even one that is a little over-long and a little repetitious.

Yes, indeed. I’ve always entertained the notion that that DVD lead-in piece – you know, the one that goes “Piracy is Theft” and which one cannot usually skip over – is a little disingenuous: exactly who is being robbed, and by whom?

'Luthon64

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Hiya chaps… sometimes piracy is not all the bad. I wrote about looking at it from a different perspective a while back: http://www.pickledbushman.com/index.php/2007/05/16/why_piracy_is_both_good_for_south_africa :smiley:

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Copyright is in general a rather dubious thing to begin with. So are all other forms of 'intellectual property." Here is a good article explaining some of the issues:

http://www.culturelink.org/news/members/2005/members2005-011.html

So I recommend that everyone pirate whatever the hell they want without feeling guilty about it. Just make sure you don’t get caught.