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[–] [email protected] 335 points 1 year ago (48 children)

Piracy was never stealing. It’s copyright infringement, but that’s not the same as stealing at all. People saying it’s stealing have always been wrong.

[–] [email protected] 185 points 1 year ago (117 children)

One of the great modern scams, was to convince society that unauthorized copying of data is somehow equivalent to taking away a physical object.

[–] [email protected] 72 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Jesus didn’t ask for permission to copy bread and fish. It’s a clear moral precedent that if you can copy you should.

What would the Jesus do?

Checkmate Atheists!

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Nah, that would be Prometheus.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wasn't the idea and origin story of Jesus stolen from previous texts and religions lol

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

They forked Judaism

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Pretty sure it was Marvel or something.

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 year ago (6 children)
[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago

Only a Sith deals in absolutes.

-Character from some movie I pirated

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In this economy with this level of corporate greed, I will download all the purses

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

I would infringe all over its copyright tho

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You wouldn't shoot a policeman and then steal his helmet.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But I would definitely take a shit in that helmet

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

...and then return it to his grieving wife?

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