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Is it stealing if when I buy digital I don't own it?

• BLKNSLVR 3mo ago
  You have stolen a temporary license!
• charcircuit 3mo ago
  You own a license when you buy it digitally. Stealing is never okay regardless of if something is technically buying or not.
  • ktallett 3mo ago
    You can't steal something unless there is ownership of it by the other person. There has to be loss for it to be stolen. Stealing isn't ok, but downloading music or movies without paying isn't stealing.
    • charcircuit 3mo ago
      >There has to be loss for it to be stolen. Counter example: Pirating a song is considered stealing as you are taking something for free without paying for it. You are using a definition that is different from the average person.
      • Telaneo 3mo ago
        Pirating songs is not stealing. It's copyright infringement. If I go to the store, pick up a carton of milk with my right hand, and magically get a second carton of milk in my left hand, then walk out the store with the carton of milk in my left hand, leaving the original carton in the store, then I have not stolen anything. If that is stealing, then I can only conclude that stealing is (a)moral, and we need a different word for what I would consider to be stealing.
        • charcircuit 3mo ago
          People don't magically get a copy of an artists song on the computer. They steal it.
          • Telaneo 3mo ago
            Copying is not stealing. If you're of the opinion that that's stealing, then it is my opinion that stealing is OK.
      • ktallett 3mo ago
        Piracy has been proven in court to not be stealing. I'm using the legal definition of stealing.
      • matheusmoreira 3mo ago
        > Pirating a song is considered stealing Nope.