1 00:00:00,906 --> 00:00:14,002 Carolina what can you tell us about the warning that appears at the beginning of movies, which reads that piracy is comparable 2 00:00:14,002 --> 00:00:21,200 to robbery or murder? There are a lot of people that are shocked by this, and some people might think 3 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:28,305 that both are felonies, but to go as far as comparing them in the same way...? No I definetely don't agree with this; it is just 4 00:00:28,305 --> 00:00:35,921 impossible to compare the two of them, because their mechanics of circulation are different.You can't compare the 5 00:00:35,921 --> 00:00:41,726 spread of knowledge, to the idea of robbery or murder. It definitely can't be compared to murder, 6 00:00:41,726 --> 00:00:53,011 I think we have to discard this idea, we don't even need to explain further. In the case of robbery, which it is a very common felony, it is just not the same 7 00:00:53,011 --> 00:01:02,067 because it is about belongings or tangible property. On one hand, It is like when I take something from you. if I 8 00:01:02,067 --> 00:01:07,036 take a chair from you, then you don't own the chair anymore. On the other hand, when we talk about intangible 9 00:01:07,036 --> 00:01:12,887 property, the ability to re-produce is part of its nature; it is not the same because 10 00:01:12,887 --> 00:01:17,996 it means that when I take a verse from you, you still have it. Even if I share a verse 11 00:01:17,996 --> 00:01:29,699 [from a poem] with others - it isn't like I know too many- it is not the same. There is a verse from a Colombian poet that died not long 12 00:01:29,699 --> 00:01:32,578 ago who worked on children's poems and he had a really easy verse, do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, yes my 13 00:01:32,578 --> 00:01:38,337 sun yes. He shared it with me, I wrote it down and after that I shared it with you, now the three of us have it, 14 00:01:38,337 --> 00:01:46,371 and now all of us have it, you learned it too, and that's it. It is not like I am going to steal the 15 00:01:46,371 --> 00:01:52,965 verse from him, we can't make that comparison. Piracy is a felony, and there is a legitimate property 16 00:01:52,965 --> 00:02:00,070 right behind it, it is true, but it is not comparable and I think we need a more profund discussion 17 00:02:00,070 --> 00:02:06,943 about economic and social issues, so we can keep supporting a mechanism of criminalization of this 18 00:02:06,943 --> 00:02:19,575 kind of behaviour, that I am sure, when it reaches these lenghths, affects, not only the authors, but also their relationship with the public. 19 00:02:19,575 --> 99:59:59,999 Ok, thanks Carolina