Who writes this trash?
I fail to see how a global, decentralized payment system is "responsible" for pirate sites, which have existed long before Bitcoin even came into the picture. Its this kind of intellectually lazy authorship that makes it easy for the critics of Bitcoin to pick up on half-baked criticisms as if they're a real "thing".
Bitcoin has nothing to do with the origins of piracy or the push for free information over the internet. Its patently ridiculous to point at Bitcoin as the source for anything other than financial freedom.
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Who is to blame for digital material piracy? Bitcoin or the pirate sites?
I fail to see how a global, decentralized payment system is "responsible" for pirate sites, which have existed long before Bitcoin even came into the picture. Its this kind of intellectually lazy authorship that makes it easy for the critics of Bitcoin to pick up on half-baked criticisms as if they're a real "thing".
Bitcoin has nothing to do with the origins of piracy or the push for free information over the internet. Its patently ridiculous to point at Bitcoin as the source for anything other than financial freedom.
I agree. The article is just trying either two things. One, probably just want to spark up some interest in bitcoin by including it in the article. Two, probably, they want to tarnish the image of bitcoins by linking it in some way to illegal activities. Bitcoins are a digital currency used by many who are based online, it may be linked to piracy but it is not the fault of bitcoins that piracy is proliferating.
