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Pluralistic: "If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing" (pluralistic.net)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You're stealing their time. That's not really comparable since the people who made the tv show or movie you're pirating have already been paid.

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

Do you believe actors etc. would still keep getting paid if everyone would just pirate everything?

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

Do you believe there will ever be a time where everyone pirates everything?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Since the idea seems to be that pirating digital goods is a moral imperative, the question what are the consequences if everyone would do it is valid.