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It is absolutely theft, nobody is falling for that semantics argument - you're depriving a rights holder of revenue that they would otherwise gained.
by Daz1 3y ago
It is absolutely theft, nobody is falling for that semantics argument - you're depriving a rights holder of revenue that they would otherwise gained.
- realusername 3y ago> you're depriving a rights holder of revenue that they would otherwise gained. There's never been a single proof of a loss of revenue during research. So no, while it's usually a talking point on the anti-piracy ads, it's an urban legend.
- worksonmine 3y agoIf I wasn't pirating I would most likely have at least one service. I'm stealing just as much as I would be stealing if I took code from a developer without paying what we agreed to. The entire stealing/not stealing discussion is just useless semantics.
- scaryclam 3y agoThe inverse has also been suggested over the years: people who pirated at some point are more likely to pay for content now, whether or not they continue to pirate content
- vonjuice 3y agoMy pockets are absolutely overflowing with revenue big corpo would otherwise have gained, it's ruining my pants! Do you know where I could stash all this revenue big corpo would otherwise have gained? Or perhaps I could give it to you? Would you be interested in giving me something in exchange for all this revenue big daddy corpo would otherwise have gained?
- DarkUranium 3y agoReminds me of the Napster case, where the damages were calculated as higher as the gross world product at the time because of the "1 pirated copy = 1 lost sale" philosophy. Implying that music companies would have been richer than all the nations + other companies in the world combined, if it wasn't for music piracy. It's not hard to see how that's bull.
- cvalka 3y agoNo, it's absolutely not theft and courts agree.
- DarkUranium 3y agoAlso, making a backup copy of something you own is usually piracy[1]. In what universe is that theft? [1] The act of making a backup is not in and of itself (as it's considered a fair use/exception in most [not all!] jurisdictions, even outside of US), but it often involves circumventing DRM, and that part is piracy.
- t0bia_s 3y ago"If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing" https://pluralistic.net/2023/12/08/playstationed/#tyler-james-hill https://pluralistic.net/2023/12/08/playstationed/#tyler-jame...