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>elites stealing everything > a billion thefts >The biggest theft >what’s been stolen I do like how the internet has suddenly acknowledged that pirating is
by drstewart 2y ago
>elites stealing everything
> a billion thefts
>The biggest theft
>what’s been stolen
I do like how the internet has suddenly acknowledged that pirating is theft and torrenting IS a criminal activity. To your point, I'd love to see a massive operation to arrest everyone who has downloaded copyrighted material illegal (aka stolen), for the public interest.
- amatecha 2y agoThis is such a misrepresentation of the issue and what people are saying about it. They call it "theft" because corps are, apparently-indiscriminately and without remuneration of creators, "ingesting" the original work of thousands or millions of individuals, in order to provide for-profit services derived from that ingestion/training. "Pirates", on the other hand, copy content for their own momentary entertainment, and the exploitation ends there. They aren't turning around and starting a multi-million-dollar business selling pirated content en masse.
- drstewart 2y agoTheft isn't concerned with what you do with the product afterwards.