Receiving a warning for "Pirating" #Linux
https://teddit.net/r/linux/comments/nkztyv/copyright_notice_from_isp_for_pirating_linux_is/
That would be a good joke if there were not fines or real legal consequences involved.
Daily reminder of the obvious for less-than-bright telcos: PROTOCOLS ARE NOT PIRACY.
Somebody makes a car, somebody else intentionally drives that car over a bunch of people. Telco logic: OUTLAW CARS.
Shit like this makes me want to #bittorrent everything in my hard drive, and my blog, too.
@rysiek @kzimmermann "piracy" is what we call "sharing" when the media's publishers don't want you to do it!
@kzimmermann @rysiek
Lest we forget: piracy is important for the right redistribution of wealth
@rysiek @kzimmermann I like how Doctorow calls this "felony contempt of business model". They want to make it a crime not to give them all the money. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/06/felony-contempt-business-model-lexmarks-anti-competitive-legacy
@falgn0n @kzimmermann for example, the same that supports many of the instances of the network you just posted this on: crowdfunding a'la Patreon or Liberapay.
For more ideas about possible business models compatible with sharing culture, go ahead and watch Good Copy Bad Copy:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Copy_Bad_Copy
@kzimmermann also, "piracy" involves stealing shit on the high seas.
We need to make it clear to telcos and others that if sharing is a threat to their business models, it's not sharing that is the problem.