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>I’d say it’s the closest thing to when Napster got everyone used to theft. I think the defining feature of theft is that you deprive the victim of their prope
by sebzim4500 2y ago
>I’d say it’s the closest thing to when Napster got everyone used to theft.
I think the defining feature of theft is that you deprive the victim of their property. Redefining theft to include copying just feels silly, it's fundamentally a different sin (if it's a sin at all).
- nuc1e0n 2y agoWell it hasn't been long since Disney got everyone used to suing each other for making similar drawings either. Which is odd because Mickey wasn't the first mouse drawn with round ears at the time of his first cartoon. A whole Simpsons episode satirised the affair.
- xp84 2y agoYou can easily still get the GP’s meaning if you substitute the phrase “sneakily cheating the artist out of any compensation” for “theft” though, right?
- yreg 2y agoThe "kids and teenagers that draw out of a passion" in GP's comment are not being cheated out of any compensation.
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