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Since you cannot get your lost time back, it certainly is theft (of services). However, that is not the case at all with digital copying, where the original ow
by mattvanhorn 14y ago
Since you cannot get your lost time back, it certainly is theft (of services).
However, that is not the case at all with digital copying, where the original owner of the data is not deprived of anything. That is the real point - the idea of property is inextricably related to scarcity, which doesn't exist in the digital realm.
- cobrausn 14y agoScarcity does exist in the digital realm - only on the production side. Distribution is effectively free. Until dev/random spits out complete programs that are worth using, it needs to be taken into account that all software requires effort to produce, and giving the author(s) the ability to dictate the terms of the software use is often the only reason certain software gets made.