Hi guys, I just wanted to call out an inappropriate term I’ve seen used sometimes: Civil Disobedience. It’s not just civil disobedience when you pirate something privately, you need to do it publicly and dare the authorities to do something about it.
So an example here would be to set up a massive leech party and advertise it specifically as civil disobedience. Say all manner of things from all manner of copyright holders would be transmitted, and try and get news coverage. That’s civil disobedience.
Just downloading a movie because you want to watch it is not. OK thanks for your time.
Since you capitalized it, I suppose you’re referring to the writing of Henry David Thoreau? Maybe worth mentioning if somebody wants to read it. Dude sat in jail to oppose poll taxes. I don’t think it needs to be public or advertised but it should be overt.
For example I don’t stop for metering lights. Everybody can see when I do it. Sometimes nobody sees. But I don’t feel the regulation is just and so I must oppose it. I’m still waiting to get a ticket so I can challenge metering lights in court.