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minus-squareBay_of_Piggies [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up59·edit-26 months agoPlagiarism is not pirating. Before copyright existed I doubt it would be socially acceptable to just steal people’s ideas as your own. When I showed a pirated copy of Star Wars to my partner, I didn’t claim I made the movie.
minus-squareRed_Scare [he/him]@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7·6 months agoActually the concept changed a lot over time. A few centuries ago it was perfectly acceptable to take someone’s story and characters and retell it in your own way, but copying someone’s style was frowned upon.
minus-squareBay_of_Piggies [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 months agoI would consider that fanfiction in modern parlence and I see it as distinct from plagiarism and piracy as well. And morally okay, good even.
minus-squareHaSch@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·6 months agoIt’s like jumping turnstiles vs abducting an airplane
Plagiarism is not pirating. Before copyright existed I doubt it would be socially acceptable to just steal people’s ideas as your own.
When I showed a pirated copy of Star Wars to my partner, I didn’t claim I made the movie.
Actually the concept changed a lot over time. A few centuries ago it was perfectly acceptable to take someone’s story and characters and retell it in your own way, but copying someone’s style was frowned upon.
I would consider that fanfiction in modern parlence and I see it as distinct from plagiarism and piracy as well. And morally okay, good even.
It’s like jumping turnstiles vs abducting an airplane