Re:If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing
by photonerd on Saturday December 09, 2023 @06:17AM
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> The key part is depriving the original owner of the use of the item.
I know that’s been a tribal shibboleth of piracy since the 2000s, and I’m sympathetic to the moral argument to this view… but it’s just factually untrue (both in terminology AND in law)
Re:If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing
by Nursie on Saturday December 09, 2023 @06:41AM
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It’s not though, in law, as they are different crimes. And that’s where copyright infringement even is a crime rather than a civil matter as it is in many places.
I know that’s been a tribal shibboleth of piracy since the 2000s, and I’m sympathetic to the moral argument to this view… but it’s just factually untrue (both in terminology AND in law)