Comment by matheusmoreira

> I don't understand where that sentiment comes from.

If you actually wish to understand, I can point to a thread where this was discussed somewhat at length by others and myself not too long ago.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44907830

TL;DR:

Public domain is the natural state of information. Intellectual property is an absurd state granted monopoly on what boils down to numbers. Copyright in particular is a functionally infinite monopoly that robs us of our public domain rights. Copyright infringement is civil disobedience of unjust laws and arguably a moral imperative. Copyright enforcement requires the destruction of computer freedom as we know it as well as everything the word "hacker" stands for and therefore it must be resisted even if it destroys the copyright industry. It makes zero economic sense to charge money for information which has infinite availability, therefore society must figure out how to pay creators before the work is produced.