By a similar token, wage theft isn’t a big deal because it’s not like you’re owning the person.

I don’t make money off of the things I pirate.

No but you’re stealing the labor of others who did make it.

Not the place for soapboxing

“saying true things” is not “soapboxing.”

I’ve probably pirated more total gigs than half the people here, but have the intellectual honesty to own what you’re doing.

You’re good at intellectual property rights violations. You broke the law. And yet, you did not steal .

Sure, a court would charge you with different crimes, but the concept is the concept and a forum post is not court.

I prayed shit all the time when I couldn’t afford it. When I got money, I eventually rebuilt a lot of those games for convenience’s sake. Comics, not so much, but I have thousands upon thousands of them.

I did it because I couldn’t afford it. If you take something that is being sold, without paying for it, how is that concept not stealing?