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We must keep debunking because they keep lyingWe must keep debunking because they keep lyingPosted Mar 14, 2003 6:16 UTC (Fri) by bignose (subscriber, #40)In reply to: UK Campaign for Digital Rights debunks the digital piracy myth by beejaybee Parent article: UK Campaign for Digital Rights debunks the digital piracy myth
I do wonder about "debunking the myth" _again_. We consumers were convinced long ago, and don't need yet another article of this type. Meanwhile the record companies are absolutely determined not to believe the truth This is exactly why the myth of "piracy" needs to be debunked, over and over again -- the media companies keep selling the myth over and over. They will never stop selling it until it (and perhaps they) are completely defeated, so we will ever have to expose its falsehood. The culture hoarders have incredible resources to devote to the unrelenting struggle against the future; they have the megawatt bullhorns, and can employ as many people as they like to shouting the piracy myth through those bullhorns twenty-four seven. Against that, we must do more than debunk the myth once; we must do it a ridiculous amount of times, to a ridiculous amount of people. You, as an individual, have been convinced the myth is bogus and that you are not a "pirate" for sharing valuable culture with your neighbour. It is not my experience that any significant proportion of the public feel the same way; most *believe* they are committing some kind of offense against the media giants, and that it *is* wrong to do so. That they do it anyway is done with a large degree of guilt, and it is *that* which we must fight; while the media giants are seen to be right, the public will not righteously oppose them.
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