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.

  • Clent@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Did you even bother to consult a dictionary before you wrote up this silly gatekeeping nonsense?

    There is nothing in the definition of civil disobedience that says it needs to be public.

    There is nothing that say we have to openly challenge the authorities.

    There is nothing that says we have to get the medias attention.

    • dillekant@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
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      7 months ago

      Wikipedia:

      Civil disobedience is the active, professed refusal of a citizen to obey certain laws, demands, orders or commands of a government (or any other authority).

      The “refusal” part is where you challenge the authorities.

      The “professed” part is where you do it publically.

      The “media attention” is the bit where you are not an idiot. If no one knows you went to jail, that’s just willfully breaking the law.