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Critique on Piracy. In the article ?In Defense of Piracy (Well, Some Piracy)',
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Submitted by acqrite on September 8, 2006
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In the article ‘In Defense of Piracy (Well, Some Piracy)', Ruben advocated that piracy should be allowed selectively for popular singles because of the following reasons. Firstly, Ruben believes that music marketing hype is causing us to buy records we would not contemplate buying otherwise. With music marketing rising to unparalleled levels and many of which completely irrelevant to shows, piracy would be an ethical and efficient way of holding out against such marketing. Secondly, the generally poor quality of music causes us to waste money buying one album of lousy music just for one good song. Moreover, we will get tired of it eventually. Ultimately, it is hypocritical of any argument against such piracy since MP3 music is being sold legally online too. This critique aims to analyse the logic and validity of this argument.
Ruben rightly points out that music advertising is not related to the intellectual property rights argument. He uses relevant analogy and appeals to authority in the example of "Kashmir" in Godzilla to illustrate tie-ins that are irrelevant to shows. By claiming that supporting piracy is an efficient way of holding out against such marketing, Ruben assumes that buying of records would constitute supporting such advertising. This is untrue and therefore the claim is invalid. Ruben concedes that he buys CDs because he likes music on radio, parties and online which constitute forms of music marketing. This shows marketing hype is causing him to buy CDs too. He is not holding out against such hype by supporting piracy. This is hypocritical. By claiming that he already owes more than 600 CDs and correctly stating that it is the right thing to do, he is subconsciously suggesting that piracy is wrong. This is in contrary to his main claim.
Ruben also shows his awareness that piracy violates the copyright law. However, he quickly brushes aside such violations, refuting that it is ethical to keep a single song if it...
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