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Piracy is not theft because, who pirates and don't have money to buy software, is not affecting the sofware developer's finances negatively. Who pirates is even
by hyperluz 16y ago
Piracy is not theft because, who pirates and don't have money to buy software, is not affecting the sofware developer's finances negatively. Who pirates is even helping to disseminate and to popularize such pirated products.
Piracy is theft because, on the capitalist system there are implicit and explicit rules that imply on exchange of products and services, being money the document that proves the provision of such services and products. If someone wants a product (software in this case) of complex and hard work, then this person have, before anything, work to obtain proves (money) that the society
received due contribution.