[advocacy] Re: Personal Music License

[Daniel Vogel]

Good point. I was overreacting a bit in my initial email.

- Daniel Vogel, Programmer, Epic Games Inc.

Richard Stallman wrote:
>
>     pir-acy (n)
>     (a) robbery by pirates.
>     (b) illegal copying or broadcasting.
>     (c) instance of either of these.
>
> The presence of the media companies' definition in a dictionary
> doesn't alter the fact that it is a propaganda word.  It carries the
> assumption that forbidden copying is the moral equivalent of
> attacking a ship.
>
> You personally may think of it that way--if so, I am not surprised you
> would use the term.  But people who disagree with you would do well to
> avoid it.  We can use neutral terms such as "unauthorised copying",
> which describe the activity without expressing any opinion.

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