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Stealing a physical DVD has meaning. Making a copy of a purely intangible set of data doesn’t deprive someone of that data.

• JumpCrisscross 2y ago
  > Making a copy of a purely intangible set of data doesn’t deprive someone of that data You’re making an argument on the non-rivalry of digital content. This is one of the good arguments I referenced. Digital content is currently a club good, like broadcast television. (Excludable.) You’re arguing for treating it like a public good, like a park. (Not excludable.) Ownership being a social construct makes statements like stealing X has meaning somewhat useless, particularly when it comes to rules.
  • Retric 2y ago
    Marriage is a social construct, but that doesn’t make the word meaningless. Buying a fork isn’t a marriage.
    • JumpCrisscross 2y ago
      Social construct != meaningless. Money and laws are also social constructs. But you can’t argue for money or laws or marriage by beginning and ending with whether you feel like it has meaning.
      • Retric 2y ago
        I’m using the definition of sale here. Court cases have required companies not to call something a sale when it isn’t one.
  • meiraleal 2y ago
    > Digital content is currently a club good, like broadcast television. (Excludable.) You’re arguing for treating it like a public good, like a park. (Not excludable.) Digital content was public good when I was growing up as everything published in the internet. When did it change? Did it change in the whole world at the same time or just in the US?