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Taking a book from the library without a library subscription and returning it is still stealing. That corps can brick the device you paid for or block access
by tgv 3y ago
Taking a book from the library without a library subscription and returning it is still stealing.
That corps can brick the device you paid for or block access to your media is an different matter.
- berkes 3y agoThe comparison is off. The comparison should be "the library has plenty of copies of a book but does not allow anyone to borrow it, regardless of if they have a subscription. Someone takes it out, returns it". Is that stealing? It might be, IDK, but is certainly more complex than your example.
- tgv 3y agoNo, that's the second part: restricting access. If a library would not allow a paying subscriber to lend books, they would break the contract. Same for bricked phones or DRM. But "piracy", is it's meant here, is the first part: lending/taking without paying. It's not meant as a blanket condemnation of piracy, and certainly not as support for subscription access, but as a counter-example against the headline: even if you don't own, piracy still can be stealing.