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When someone tells me that downloading a song or a movie is like stealing, I usually encourage them to download a new car.
by squarefoot 2y ago
When someone tells me that downloading a song or a movie is like stealing, I usually encourage them to download a new car.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> When someone tells me that downloading a song or a movie is like stealing, I usually encourage them to download a new car Now do social security benefits. Or hell, money in a bank account.
- xyproto 2y agoInformation being free and the ability to change information are two different things.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> Information being free and the ability to change information are two different things A bank CEO adding zeroes to their own account doesn't deprive any specific person of anything. We still consider it stealing because of its systemic effects.
- xyproto 2y agoThat both changes information and has measurable systemic effects. If a 12 year old kid with no income copies a floppy disk or two with Monkey Island, no money were lost. He might even spend more money on LucasArt products as an adult.