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Re:I won’t buy ebooks anymore by majormajor on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @01:53PM (#23314277)
"Stealing" as a verb for copying thoughts, ideas, or other intangibles has a long history. Longer than this defensive posture of people who want to feel better about ripping shit off.
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Re:I won’t buy ebooks anymore by enriquto on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @02:22PM (#23314623)
Agreed, but this is not the case. It would be "stealing" if they copied the text of his novels and sold them signed by a different author. In that case, the correct verb is "sharing".
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