Both why I started pirating music, why I stopped, and how, in fits and starts, being a music pirate helped transform me into someone who cared enough about music to buy it.How I got hooked on music and piracy…I come from a family that is very passionate about music. When I was ...
So no, music isn't rare, even if it is important. So is it valuable? Well. That's not really a word that means very much unless you narrow it down a bit. My baby's smiles are valuable, but you can't get a penny for them in the street if you ask people (apparently). The s...
So people are pirating NFTs? No... Well, kinda, but hold that thought. The idea behind IPFS is that files are stored on a peer-to-peer network, meaning they could be stored on several computers at once. Files are given an identifier, and when a computer goes to load the file it as...
The argument is much like the argument justifying pirating music from the record companies: “They’ll never notice” or “They’re not losing any money because they wouldn’t have gotten any anyway.” That’s not the point. Theft is still theft. Wrong is still wrong. Stealing is still ...