AP Looks at Piracy, Misses the Point

TechDirt is reporting that the Associated Press has covered several stories recently about what a "huge threat" piracy is in other countries. This article, however, argues that they have perhaps missed out on the whole story by ignoring the other side of the coin. From the article: "the AP doesn't bother to mention how all that piracy helped created new and different business models for musicians in China that let them thrive despite the piracy (actually, in some cases, because of it). Nor does the AP bother to mention how software piracy helped boost certain aspects of the industry in China by decreasing the cost of inputs."

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[Anonymous Coward]

Disagreeing about the definition and morality of "copyright infringement" is not moral relativism. It is just a different in opinion.

and...

It is perfectly acceptable to believe that copyright infringement is not morally wrong while theft is wrong. The beliefs do not conflict with each other.

I took the liberty of extracting key words from your relative interpretation of the law below.

Different opinion, acceptable, infringement, beliefs

Kind of makes you feel a little bit silly now doesn't it?