History Main / DigitalPiracyIsOkay

-->''"... if you wanna record this song and you wanna put it on a world wide web - on the internet, so all your friends could listen to it - as long as you buy the album in September - we don't give a [[PrecisionFStrike fuck]] my friends!"''
-->--'''Music/BruceDickinson'''

* Notch has has said that he is with some people pirating MineCraft, also he shows a [[ApprovalOfGod lot of support for mods]], and IRL he is a member of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_Party Pirate Party]]

-->--'''BruceDickinson'''

!Examples
[[AC:Encouraged]]
* [[NineInchNails Trent Reznor]] has encouraged fans to download his music, since he hates the ridiculous price tag the record companies tack onto his music.
* After unfinished material leaked, System of a Down said they didn't care if people downloaded their music, but requested people wait until they were finished with it.
* The creators of the film ''TheManFromEarth'' encouraged people to download the movie using bittorrent.

** Also Brazilian best-seller writer Paulo Coelho, who even was promoted by Pirate Bay.
* The German metal group {{Eisbrecher}} included blank [=CDs=] in with the first 5000 copies of their self-titled album, basically saying to fans "Copy this".

* In [[http://www.amestrib.com/sections/entertainment/theater/meet-steve-smith-handyman-behind-red-green.html an interview]], Steve Smith commented that ''TheRedGreenShow'' has gained its largest following ever since it went off the air thanks to people posting clips of it on YouTube. He is presently working to get all 300 episodes on YouTube and has considered bringing Red Green back as a web series, saying that the older he gets, the harder it is to work with a standard TV network.

* Most people consider ''Machina I: the Machines of God'' to be TheSmashingPumpkins' final album before they broke up. This is because [[FaceOfTheBand Billy Corgan]] wanted to release its sequel, for free, to anyone who purchased the first one. When the label wouldn't let him, he pressed a mere 25 vinyl copies of ''Machina II'' and distributed them to friends, family and chosen fans, with ''specific orders'' to upload the entire album to the Internet without restriction.

[[AC:Neutral]]
* Microsoft is famous for saying, "If You're Going To Pirate Software, Pirate Ours"
* Notch has has said that he is with some people pirating {{MineCraft}}, also he shows a [[ApprovalOfGod lot of support for mods]], and IRL he is a member of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_Party Pirate Party]]

* There is an "FBI Warning" at the beginning of almost every commercial VHS tape warning about the penalties for copyright infringement. One video tape released by the Music/InsaneClownPosse instead began with an "ICP Warning" that basically said that since they stole the contents themselves, they don't care if you copy the video and can't do anything about it if you did.

* After awhile, Bethesda pretty much ignored piracy of ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsArena Arena]]'' and ''{{Daggerfall}}''. Eventually, they made them full-fledged {{Freeware}} to KeepCirculatingTheTapes.

* [[{{Jimquisition}} Jim Sterling]] has zig-zagged this. He has ''endorsed'' piracy for ''some'' works...but will lapse into the DigitalPiracyIsEvil when DRM-free games like ''WorldOfGoo'' report 90% piracy rates or when a good number of people still pirate the Humble Bundle despite its low price.
* {{Music/Disturbed}} has stated from time to time that, as much as Warner Music Group likes to make a fuss about it, the members of the band themselves don't care much about people downloading their songs

* Straight No Chasers encourages their live audiences to record them.

* Joked about by Jonathan Colton via Twitter: "Hey, have any other artists noticed that since MegaUpload shut down the money has just been POURING in?"

* Most tokusatsu creators, such as those behind ''SuperSentai'' and ''KamenRider,'' don't mind English-language fansubs of their work, since they've never really tried to market outside of East Asia, and the InkStainAdaptation of ''PowerRangers'' has kind of guaranteed that ''SuperSentai'' won't ever get a foothold in North America or Europe anyway (similarly, ''Saban's Masked Rider'' and ''Kamen Rider Dragon Knight'' kind of left an adaptation of ''Kamen Rider'' [[StillbornFranchise stillborn for a long while.]] Toei, the company behind the franchises, knows about the fansubbing communities, and will occasionally ask if a series gets an official release, but otherwise are indifferent or even possibly a little flattered that their work is getting respect outside of Japan.

* Music/MachinaeSupremacy constantly criticizes the music industry and refers to the RIAA as the "Recording Industry Assholes of America" in "Legion of Stoopid." They are also proud supporters of file sharing and actually officially released a live video on The Pirate Bay.

** Also Brazilian best-seller writer Paulo Coelho,who even was promoted by Pirate Bay.

* After awhile, Bethesda pretty much ignored piracy of ''Arena'' and ''Daggerfall''. Eventually, they made them full-fledged {{Freeware}} to KeepCirculatingTheTapes.

* NeilGaiman

(Only add exaples where the creator of a work has endorsed piracy of their own product. This is not a forum for discussion about piracy.)

* [[{{Jimquisition}} Jim Sterling]] has zig-zagged this. He has ''endorsed'' piracy for ''some'' works...but will lapse into the DigitalPiracyIsEvil when DRM-free games like ''WorldOfGoo'' report 90% piracy rates or when a good number of people still pirate the Humble Bundle despite its low price.

* JimSterling has zig-zagged this. He has ''endorsed'' piracy for ''some'' works...but will lapse into the DigitalPiracyIsEvil when DRM-free games like ''WorldOfGoo'' report 90% piracy rates or when a good number of people still pirate the Humble Bundle despite its low price.

* MaidRPG encourages users that have already pirated their game to give it a try and buy it if they like it.

* Notch has encouraged some people to pirate {{MineCraft}}, also he shows a [[ApprovalOfGod lot of support for mods]], and IRL he is a member of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_Party Pirate Party]]

* ''{{UserFriendly}}'' does this on a regular basis, portraying the RIAA as an evil organization which employs [[http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20071012 inquisitors]].
* In one PSA by RedVsBlue about going to the movies, after numerous tips on etiquette so you won't ruin the movie-going experience, Church states that he's going to record a movie in the theater, at which point Tucker strongly urges him to use digital for better quality.

* Notch has encouraged some people to pirate {{MineCraft}}, also he shows a lot of support for mods, and IRL he is a member of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_Party Pirate Party]]

* [[NineInchNails Trent Reznor]] has encouraged fans to download his music.

* MaidRPG encourages users that have already pirated their game to give it a try and buy it if they like it.

An Inversion of DigitalPiracyIsEvil, where downloading something not only doesn't mean you're a reprobate, but is actually encouraged by the artist.