Optional@lemmy.world to Just Post@lemmy.world · 6 months agoNope. No.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square234fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squarehowrar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoI feel like this is where the “piracy is [not] theft” message breaks down. The question most people care about isn’t whether or not it’s definitively theft, but rather whether it’s ethical or not.
minus-squareEasternLettuce@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months ago The act of stealing, specifically the felonious, taking and removal of personal property with the intent to deprive the rightful owner of it You aren’t removing or depriving anyone of property by copying 1s and 0s
minus-squareScreemu@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoIf you can’t own it you can’t steal it.
minus-squareScreemu@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoGood luck getting bamboozled!
minus-squareEasternLettuce@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoi didn’t cherry pick the definition it was literally the first result that came up when searching define theft, check Merriam Webster for yourself
minus-squareEasternLettuce@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoYou said “piracy is theft” I looked up the definition of theft and it didn’t fit, simple as that
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I feel like this is where the “piracy is [not] theft” message breaks down. The question most people care about isn’t whether or not it’s definitively theft, but rather whether it’s ethical or not.
You aren’t removing or depriving anyone of property by copying 1s and 0s
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If you can’t own it you can’t steal it.
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Good luck getting bamboozled!
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i didn’t cherry pick the definition it was literally the first result that came up when searching define theft, check Merriam Webster for yourself
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You said “piracy is theft” I looked up the definition of theft and it didn’t fit, simple as that