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You wouldn't download an entire media library (programming.dev)
submitted 10 months ago by JDubbleu@programming.dev to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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[–] immortal_crab@lemmy.blahaj.zone 177 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Remember kids, if buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing!

[–] Octopus1348@lemy.lol 75 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Remember kids, if buying is owning, piracy still isn't stealing. You can make infinite copies of digital media.

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 41 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It's still very much copyright infringement. I don't give a shit about CI, but it still is that.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 36 points 10 months ago

That's still not stealing though.

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

That's a different argument. We went through this with VHS. If you tape a broadcast that you paid for, it is not copyright infringement. Unless, you start making several copies and distributing them. Recording a Netflix screen and keeping it neatly in your hard drive is not CI, nor stealing for that matter. The only leg they have to stand on is when people start making copies and charging for distributing it. But even that argument has always been dubious.