Instigator / Pro
7
1500
rating
4
debates
75.0%
won
Topic
#6377
Internet piracy is immoral
Status
Voting
The participant that receives the most points from the voters is declared a winner.
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Parameters
- Publication date
- Last updated date
- Type
- Rated
- Number of rounds
- 4
- Time for argument
- One week
- Max argument characters
- 10,000
- Voting period
- Two months
- Point system
- Multiple criterions
- Voting system
- Open
- Minimal rating
- None
Contender / Con
4
1589
rating
219
debates
54.34%
won
Description
Internet piracy is the unauthorized distribution and copying of digital content.
Con must prove pirating media can be morally justified, while pro must prove it generally cannot be.
Round 1
Hi Sir.Lancelot, thanks for the debate. I'll keep this argument short and give a more in depth response to attempted justifications of piracy.
Burden of Proof
To win this debate I must prove that generally, meaning in almost all cases, piracy cannot be morally justified.
P1 - It is immoral to harm others for personal pleasure
It is fairly self evident that it is immoral to harm others solely to obtain greater personal pleasure.
P2 - Piracy harms others for personal pleasure
Piracy deprives artists and creators of income, depriving someone of income harms them.
"The results found in the vast majority of peer-reviewed academic studies indicate that Internet
piracy reduces legal sales of music, film, television, and books. Of the 33 peer-reviewed studies
on this topic, 29 studies find that piracy significantly harms legal sales, while only four find no
statistically significant impact of piracy on sales."
C - Piracy is immoral
Forfeited
Round 2
extend
Forfeited
Round 3
Forfeited
Forfeited
Round 4
Forfeited
Forfeited
