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The 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
by berkes 3y ago
The 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.