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"The main argument for 'piracy is not stealing' is that there is still an original copy." No, the main argument for 'piracy is not stealing' is that piracy is
by Fargren 16y ago
"The main argument for 'piracy is not stealing' is that there is still an original copy."
No, the main argument for 'piracy is not stealing' is that piracy is not stealing. Stealing is the substraction of property, which piracy isn't.
This isn't stealing either, this is plagiarism.
If we don't name things with their correct names, we create false associations, and that makes arguing about those things needlesly complicated. It's hard enough getting a consensus on anything related to IP as it is, so we should avoid ambiguous syntax wherever possible.
- David 16y agoViolent agreement. You and GP seem to be saying exactly the same thing -- because the original still exists, there is no subtraction of property, and it is not stealing.
- chc 16y agoThey are saying the same thing as far as that goes, but rick888 then uses that as a jumping-off point to misrepresent a (fairly OT) position he doesn't agree with. He's conflating the arguments of "piracy is not stealing" and "piracy is not necessarily bad," which are only thinly connected (being theft would make piracy almost certainly wrong, but not being theft doesn't confer any moral value either way).