THE VIDEO SHELF · copyright and free culture
Copying Is Not Theft - Official Version
Nina Paley's one-minute animated free culture anthem with vocals by Connie Champagne, arguing that copying is not theft.
Why HN readers recommended it
Linked constantly in copyright and piracy debates as a short explainer of the difference between copying and physical theft.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Question Copyright
- Topic
- copyright and free culture
- Format
- music
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 6
- HN mentions in dataset
- 19
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2010–2026
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.
When this video* was published, I thought the idea it tells was too obvious and well known, but time proved me wrong it seems. Please watch it. (*) [VIDEO]
vibragiel on Hacker News · 2010-12
In The "other" side of file sharingAgree with you, except on the use of "steal". You steal when the owner lose the original. What happens in BitTorrent/FTP is copy. More about in copy is not theft video: [VIDEO]
lince on Hacker News · 2013-02
In Court orders UK ISPs to block more piracy sitesI can't believe people are still equating copyright infringement with physical theft. Didn't that tired old argument die a long time ago ? If not, why not ? One more time, boys and girls: [VIDEO]
jra_samba on Hacker News · 2016-10
In Netflix Now Only Has 31 Movies from IMDB's Top 250 List
Summaries, classifications and recommendation records are from the HackerTube source dataset. Read about this library and its limitations.
