RE: Why I am Upvoting @chainflix
I agree that @chainflix is not plagiarising the films he is putting on Dtube. While your views on copyright have lots of merit,( information wants to be free). I don't think this is what he is doing also. He seems to be a Pirate. profiting from the works of others. I don't mind him or others file sharing and have watched many shared files in the past. If @chainflix was to refuse payout on his posts I think it would be OK. I also I think since 25% of the payout will go to the Dtubes hosters it will put them in danger, so it could open a big can of worms. If this is allowed to continue I fear that people will begin downloading popular videos from the site only to reupload and reap the rewards of the steem pool forever. It's a very complex situation.
I dont we should call pirate to someone that post movies online. Man there is no way moral or ethical to compare take a ship in the sea in a violent way with posting stuff online. We have to think about the meaning of the imposed language. Also I don't really now if steemit (dtube) is prepared to take the fbi. Surely they may come up infinite mirrors, but then you lose a lot of people
I understand what you mean. I should have said Digital Pirate. which is defined by the dictionary as
(digital piracy - Investment & Finance Definition. The illegal trade in software, videos, digital video devices (DVDs), and music. Piracy occurs when someone other than the copyright holder copies the product and resells it for a fraction of the cost that the legitimate producer charges.) which I think is what @chainflix is doing when he accepts steem rewards for posting movies