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I can't believe I have to say this to an adult, but: No, that does not mean you can steal.
by globalproctd 6y ago
I can't believe I have to say this to an adult, but:
No, that does not mean you can steal.
- bluntfang 6y agotheft requires taking something from someone. in the case of media piracy, the license owner's property is not lost. This is not theft.
- globalproctd 6y agoYes... it is. You're not paying for the right to use something. That is theft of goods and services.
- bluntfang 6y agoDo you have any court precedents to back that up?
- DivisionSol 6y agoUh oh, you used the 'steal' word when referring to digital goods. A non-insignificant group of pirates don't consider downloading content to be 'theft.'
- globalproctd 6y agoYour comment isn't obvious as to which side you're on, so I'll repeat the same thing just in case: Not paying for the right to use something is theft of goods and services.
- anoncake 6y agoWe don't consider brushing your teeth theft either by the way.
- Andrew_nenakhov 6y agoSo, can you please elaborate what exactly I would be stealing? They willingly abandoned any revenue they could get from me by abandoning my platform.
- globalproctd 6y agoYou're not paying for the right to use something. That is theft of goods and services.
- Andrew_nenakhov 6y ago"Theft" implies that the victim loses something valuable to them. The more close analogy would be 'picking up someone decided to throw away'.
- cortesoft 6y agoIt isn’t like your ‘platform’ is a part of who you are. You could buy a device that they support. Content creators/providers are legally allowed to restrict the platforms they support. For example, you have to watch some live sports through a cable tv subscription. There is no way to pay for it separately. Does this suck? Sure, but cable companies pay enough money to make it worth all the lost customers (or at least that is what they are betting on) You have no legal right to access content under your terms. Content creators have (nearly) complete control (there are some laws around what they can do, but requiring Linux support is not one of them)
- anoncake 6y agoSo what? The law is easy to bypass and a very separate thing from morality.
- scarface74 6y agoI wonder if you would feel the same way if someone violated an open source license....
- iakov 6y agoCan you explain how piracy is stealing?
- globalproctd 6y agoRead all the other comments.
- iakov 6y agoYour definition of "theft" is a bit too broad, don't you think? Usually theft means that the original owner is deprived of goods - they can't use them, can't sell them, they simply don't the the original item. This is simply not the case for digital goods. HBO won't lose money when I download GOT, won't they?
- globalproctd 6y agoYes, they lose out on the revenue they SHOULD have received from your purchase. Pirates are really some of the dumbest people.
- iakov 6y agoNo, they should not. Haven't you seen the news? They've dropped support for my platform. Why should they receive money from me, for anything? Also - thanks for showing your true colors so early. At least I know that engaging with you is pointless.
- globalproctd 6y agolol, not sure why I'd want to engage with someone who thinks stealing is fine.
- cortesoft 6y agoIf it was totally legal to pirate all content, why would anyone pay for it? And if no one pays for content, why would HBO finance its creation? It is disingenuous to say piracy doesn’t cost anything to the content creators.
- dvfjsdhgfv 6y agoWhat if I pay their subsciption and pirate the shows?