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adr1an Mar 27, 2024

Piracy was NEVER stealing

https://programming.dev/post/12017733

Piracy was NEVER stealing - programming.dev

It doesn’t matter if it’s a CD, a Film, or manual with the instructions to build a spaceship. If you copy it, the original owner doesn’t lose anything. If you don’t copy it, the only one missing something (the experience) is YOU. Enjoy! Of course, if you happen to have some extra money for donations to creators, please do so. If you don’t have that, try contributing with a review somewhere or recommending the content, spread the word. Piracy was shown to drive businesses in several occasions by independent and biased corps (trying to show the opposite).

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shrugal Mar 27, 2024

Depends on how you define stealing.

If you say it’s taking something away from the original owner then you’re right, but if you say it’s not paying your share of the costs of a good you’re using then you’re wrong. E.g. if you go to a concert and don’t pay the entrance fee then the concert will probably still happen, but you’re not reimbursing the artists and crew for their cost and effort.

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BearOfaTime

Concert would be something like theft of service. Lights, etc, aren’t free.

Copying something is nothing more than copyright infringement, period.

Calling it stealing is disingenuous, at best.

“Stealing” requires a tangible item which would otherwise be sold.

Take someone to court and charge them with theft for copying a CD, and see how fast the judge throws it out (hint: it would never make it before a judge).