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Pluralistic: "If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing" (pluralistic.net)
submitted 11 months ago by kpw@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world
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The ability to change features, prices, and availability of things you've already paid for is a powerful temptation to corporations.

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[–] Rough_N_Ready@lemmy.world 335 points 11 months ago (48 children)

Piracy was never stealing. It’s copyright infringement, but that’s not the same as stealing at all. People saying it’s stealing have always been wrong.

[–] gapbetweenus@feddit.de 185 points 11 months ago (117 children)

One of the great modern scams, was to convince society that unauthorized copying of data is somehow equivalent to taking away a physical object.

[–] Coasting0942@reddthat.com 72 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Jesus didn’t ask for permission to copy bread and fish. It’s a clear moral precedent that if you can copy you should.

What would the Jesus do?

Checkmate Atheists!

[–] gapbetweenus@feddit.de 22 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Jesus was the first pirate.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

Nah, that would be Prometheus.

[–] diannetea@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Wasn't the idea and origin story of Jesus stolen from previous texts and religions lol

[–] odium@programming.dev 18 points 11 months ago

They forked Judaism

[–] gapbetweenus@feddit.de 5 points 11 months ago

Pretty sure it was Marvel or something.

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[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 47 points 11 months ago (6 children)

YOU WOULDN'T STEAL A PURSE

[–] balancedchaos@lemmy.world 42 points 11 months ago

Only a Sith deals in absolutes.

-Character from some movie I pirated

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 21 points 11 months ago (1 children)

In this economy with this level of corporate greed, I will download all the purses

[–] Klear@sh.itjust.works 13 points 11 months ago

I would infringe all over its copyright tho

[–] konalt@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You wouldn't steal a baby!

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You wouldn't shoot a policeman and then steal his helmet.

[–] captainastronaut@seattlelunarsociety.org 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

But I would definitely take a shit in that helmet

[–] wewbull@iusearchlinux.fyi 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

...and then return it to his grieving wife?

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[–] Coasting0942@reddthat.com 4 points 11 months ago

You wouldn’t download fish and bread!

Jesus: hold my wine…..

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