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Originally Posted by latepaul
Hmm, is that true?
I would expect MR mods to crack down on anyone linking to pirate sites. I would expect the general reception to a post "advocating piracy" to be frosty. I would not expect that it's completely off limits to discuss piracy, its motivation and morality, in a general sense. Such a discussion overlaps with a debate about the need for copyright reform for example. Something we've talked about on MR many times.
So maybe I'm wrong but I'd've thought it's acceptable to answer Mike's question.
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The critical difference, as you noted, is between discussing piracy in the general sense and discussing it in the individual sense, where a person defends it, justifies it, uses morally loaded terms such as "fair" and so forth, or certainly admits to engaging in it. The first is permissible; the second, not. So Mike's question, addressed to an individual, can be answered, but only by a "No."
But discussions about why piracy exists, the motivations, the justifications, the success or otherwise in combating it, sure. Just don't take it to the individual or personal instance.