Pluralistic: “If buying isn’t owning, piracy isn’t stealing” (08 Dec 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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The ability to change features, prices, and availability of things you’ve already paid for is a powerful temptation to corporations.

  • helenslunchEnglish
    25·
    7 months ago

    multiple dictionary definitions as well as Wikipedia say that theft requires the intent to deprive the original owner of the property in question

    Like many words, “theft” has several different definitions, that being one of them.

    copyright infringement is not stealing

    Congratulations, that’s the 4th strawman in this thread. No one is talking about copyrights.

    So what the hell are you talking about?

    • TootGuitar@reddthat.comEnglish
      31·
      7 months ago

      My brother/sister in Christ, everyone in this discussion is talking about copyright infringement. That is the actual legal name for what we colloquially refer to as “piracy,” according to, you know, the law, which you previously referenced as something we should look to.