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submitted 11 months ago by maegul@lemmy.ml to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

I am ashamed that I hadn’t reasoned this through given all the rubbish digital services have pulled with “purchases” being lies.

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[-] quirzle@kbin.social 61 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

"Piracy isn't stealing" doesn't require a qualifier. It's objectively a separate, lesser crime. That correlation is just the result of effective, aggressive marketing that conflates the two. It was so effective that everyone misremembers the "you wouldn't steal a car" ad.

[-] luthis@lemmy.nz 22 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)
[-] metaStatic@kbin.social 12 points 11 months ago

I think you just solved the housing crisis because this lives rent free in my head

[-] luthis@lemmy.nz 4 points 11 months ago
[-] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 9 points 11 months ago

lol. You give an ad spot way too much credit

[-] LadyLikesSpiders@lemmy.ml 8 points 11 months ago

Thanks for that trip down memory lane. I was just a child when I saw that, and my first thought was "but... But when I steal from someone, they don't have it anymore. If I download it, they still have it"

[-] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 7 points 11 months ago

Call it "illegal copy" (because fuck customer rights with "usage licenses") and we're good.

[-] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks 2 points 11 months ago

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