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That's easy to disprove. Property is not an object but a right of disposal. If you steal someone's car, you have deprived them of their property because they ca
by Tycho 16y ago
That's easy to disprove. Property is not an object but a right of disposal. If you steal someone's car, you have deprived them of their property because they can no longer dispose of their car how they wish. If you steal somebody's movie, you have deprived them of their property because they can no longer dispose of their movie how they wish (ie. control its distribution). They can still watch the movie, but their property has still been infringed.
You may say that's a semantic argument, but then frankly so is this whole 'piracy isn't theft' thing.
- dlsspy 16y ago...and if the publisher decides to effect new control over the DVDs I've already purchased? Is it theft that I do not return them?