An exploration of plagiarism and all the times I've stolen or been stolen from. Visit https://surfshark.deals/tomskafriends to join my Surfshark alliance! Enter promo code TOMSKAFRIENDS to get up to 6 additional months for free. Join our Patreon to get early access and extra content http://patreon.com/TomSkaAndFriends Research by Eddie Bowley @eddache Edited by Kai Newton @KaiPie Special thanks to James Oliver @jamesmidlifecrisis and Harris Bomberguy @hbomberguy Scale animation by Ryan Hammond @Rizatch Hebrew translation by Nery (http://twitter.com/Nery75059746) and Shalev (http://twitter.com/HATS212121) Jesus voiced by Harry Gibson @hazmatfilms4662 Merch (http://sharkrobot.com/asdfmovie) Twitter (http://twitter.com/thetomska) Tumblr (http://thetomska.tumblr.com) Reddit (http://reddit.com/r/tomska) P.O. Box! Thomas "TomSka" Ridgewell Suite 62 81 Lee High Road Lewisham SE13 5NS United Kingdom 0:00 Introduction 2:23 0 - No Correlation 2:39 1 - Parallel Thinking 7:54 2 - Subconcious Appropriation 12:08 3 - Inspiration 14:37 4 - Influence 16:51 5 - Reference 18:43 6 - Allusion 21:06 7 - Derivative 27:53 8 - Imitative 37:00 Surfshark 38:23 9 - Cloning 41:04 10 - Freebooting 41:30 Conclusion
  • Five@slrpnk.netEnglish
    5·
    10 months ago

    I love TomSka and this video.

    One quibble I have is his use of “freebooting” to mean uploading something and passing it off as your own. Freebooting to me has always meant sharing a work without directly compensating the copyright owners of the work, without the connotation of falsely taking credit for it. The term was invented and popularized by file-sharers whose copyright indifference was frequently termed “stealing” - when it has little in common with theft of a physical object.

    Before file-sharing was popular, bootleg copies of live performances were a normal part of band fan culture, and bands would countenance or even encourage it. Bootleg recordings were never intentionally falsely attributed. Likewise, freebooting compares what file-sharers are doing with the bootleg recording industry; one that is nominally illicit, but complements the artists’ reputation and status.

    • PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      10 months ago

      The term was invented and popularized by file-sharers whose copyright indifference was frequently termed “stealing” - when it has little in common with theft of a physical object.

      I could be wrong, but I thought the modern use of the term was coined and mostly popularized by Brady Haran (of Numberphile) and other YouTube creators, primarily using it to describe news sites taking and re-uploading their content. Still not usually claiming ownership, though.

      • Five@slrpnk.netEnglish
        3·
        10 months ago

        I think you’re right. I looked up the podcast, and it was coined by Brady Haran. I think I conflated conversations about the role of bootlegging compared to copyright infringement and the development of the term freebooting to mean re-hosting content. It sounds like referencing bootleg recording wasn’t part of the original intended nuance of the term.

        I think you’re also correct that TomSka’s use of the term to include claiming ownership is still a semantic shift.