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Regardless of the moral question, digital piracy is not really "stealing"
by hengistbury 3y ago
Regardless of the moral question, digital piracy is not really "stealing"
- loup-vaillant 3y agoIndeed it isn't: digital goods are non-rival, and as such fundamentally un-steal-able. Property as we usually understand it simply doesn't apply to them. There's still copyright infringement, but "unlawful breach of a state-granted monopoly" doesn't sound nearly as bad as stealing. You wouldn't steal a car, would you?