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No, I am not taking anything of value. You still have all the things of value you had before. The difference between a rivalrous good and a non-rivalrous good i
by pie_flavor 5y ago
No, I am not taking anything of value. You still have all the things of value you had before. The difference between a rivalrous good and a non-rivalrous good is not semantics.
- roland35 5y agoCall it stealing it or not, non rivalrous or whatever, the point is that the movie owners have intellectual property rights to their movies and can decide how it is distributed. If you think that's a dumb deal then you don't have to take it. Pirating it is simply wrong.
- Stunting 5y agopiracy is receiving the service value of entertainment without providing the requested fee. Another word for it is stealing.
- pie_flavor 5y agoTheft is not defined by the receiving, it is defined by the taking. The moral ill is not you being enriched, it is the person who had it rightfully, being deprived of it.
- cwkoss 5y agoFor receiving the service value of entertainment of reading this comment, I request a fee of $1,000. Is my request reasonable? Do you feel inclined to pay me? Do I incur $1000 of damages if you choose not to?
- Lord_Baltimore 5y agoThe mental gymnastics to justify piracy as anything other than theft is always interesting to watch.
- pie_flavor 5y agoSo is the substitution of moral smugness for complex thought.