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Re:“We have information that Moonshot distilled Fable for th... by the_af on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @08:37AM (#49167932)
The first case is theft as legally and traditionally defined. It has low impact, since the item would have likely ended up in the garbage, but it's still theft as we understand it and as law defines it.

The barber example is not theft. You cannot steal a haircut. You may be harming the barber, but it's not theft.

Copyright infringement is not theft, because you're not stealing anything.

Words matter!

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Re:“We have information that Moonshot distilled Fable for th... by evanelias on Wednesday August 05, 2026 @01:44AM (#49178991)
> The barber example is not theft. You cannot steal a haircut. You may be harming the barber, but it's not theft. [...] Words matter!

Then why is it legally considered "theft of services", which is a crime that directly includes the word "theft" in the name? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theft_of_services

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Re:“We have information that Moonshot distilled Fable for th... by the_af on Wednesday August 05, 2026 @12:05PM (#49184758)
Interesting. I wasn't aware of that, I stand corrected.

I think it's a bit silly to consider it theft, but I have to it my words in this case :)

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