You Wouldn't Steal...

https://lemmy.world/post/44369159

I was moderately in the “piracy is stealing” camp until both this shit happened, and EVERYTHING got enshittified.

Fuck em.

I have always been in both camps.

I have always held to a strict code of, “make no profit”.

I share what I have, and sell nothing. not even at cost.

IP rights are important, but there is zero harm sharing IP freely. it’s no different than watching a movie from a public library.

Once you start selling though, is when you cross a line of profiting off of someone else’s hard work.

AI crossed that line.

That’s a good framework, and I appreciate you sharing it, because I realise that aligns with how I think about this too — I just hadn’t put it into such succinct words as you just have