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Re:Piracy is not theft, Lost sales don't exist, says Minecra... by yesenadam on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @10:25PM (#26338247)
Aside from the unhelpful "What?", that seems like DH4 Counterargument in pg's disagreement hierarchy[0], subtype "arguing against something slightly different from what the original author said".

Presumably "someone who makes music and sells recordings of it for a living", the people I was talking about, won't "feel as the gp". It doesn't seem like your criticism really touched on what I said.

(Maybe you are also assuming "No-one is entitled to make a living selling their music" or something like that.)

[1] http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html

Re:Piracy is not theft, Lost sales don't exist, says Minecra... by dnautics on Thursday March 04, 2021 @03:19AM (#26340001)
I'm assuming no one is entitled to make money off of anything in particular, so yeah, music falls in that bin.
Re:Piracy is not theft, Lost sales don't exist, says Minecra... by yesenadam on Thursday March 04, 2021 @03:57AM (#26340220)
"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize."

Sorry, but I'm convinced this exchange is pointless.

Re:Piracy is not theft, Lost sales don't exist, says Minecra... by account42 on Friday March 05, 2021 @04:06AM (#26354641)
> "Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize."

You literally were triggered by "What?" in your previous response so maybe you should take this guideline to heart yourself.