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Anon gives a piracy history lesson (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 day ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] introvertcatto@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But piracy is not theft, it's copyright infringement.

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Piracy isn't theft, because on modern media platforms, "buying" doesn't actually sell you permanent copies. It just gives you temporary access to a DRM'd file that they can remotely disable at any time. If buying isn't owning, pirating isn't stealing.

[–] introvertcatto@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah, that's what I said. It's not stealing but technically it is copyright infringement which is not same as stealing. I mean I'm not judging anyone I also sometimes pirate.