a whole argument that media companies have pinned to morality to the point that people dare not question the status quo for fear of being judged as corrupt or criminal
Exactly. And I hear you - where the hell do you even start when the first thing you have to do is convince people that something is not a crime when they've been told it's a crime their whole lives? It's so grating to hear the MPAA whine that Wikipedia and co. abused their power to indoctrinate consumers. That's a very big pot calling a very tiny kettle black.
And that whole "copying is stealing" idea carries right over into discussions about fanwork, all the bloody time. They constantly try to define "legitimate" culture as the kind of (copyrighted) culture they create.
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Exactly. And I hear you - where the hell do you even start when the first thing you have to do is convince people that something is not a crime when they've been told it's a crime their whole lives? It's so grating to hear the MPAA whine that Wikipedia and co. abused their power to indoctrinate consumers. That's a very big pot calling a very tiny kettle black.
And that whole "copying is stealing" idea carries right over into discussions about fanwork, all the bloody time. They constantly try to define "legitimate" culture as the kind of (copyrighted) culture they create.