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[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So it's okay to keep a rental car because you don't own it and it's therefore not stealing?

[–] MorrisonMotel6@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's ok to make a 1:1 copy of the rental car without depriving the company of the car in any way

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So a writer spends a year of his life writing a book with the idea that he can sell copies for $15 each so that, if he sells enough copies, he can make that year's time worthwhile. But you think it's okay to just make a copy for free since he still has his original?

[–] MorrisonMotel6@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Yes. I was never going to buy it anyway. He didn't lose anything. At least this way, his art is consumed and discussed, potentially generating a sale. BTW, you are absolutely wasting your time here with me. I obviously have a very different perspective on this than you do. You'll have to either accept that, or become increasingly frustrated that your arguments fall flat with me

Edited because I realized I wasn't in the piracy community

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

At least now we've gotten to the common understanding that it is theft, but you just don't care. I personally think copyright laws have been good for our society because they've allowed people to live off of creating art. You obviously have a different view.

I'm not at all frustrated by the conversation - it's like discussing car registration or driver's licenses with a SovCit. In fact, it's pretty much exactly like that. It's interesting for me to see how you rationalize your view, but I don't expect you to change your mind.

[–] aniki@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sure it is. You're taking something that isn't yours without paying for it.

[–] DougHolland@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago

The ordinary rules don't apply to corporations, and we're suckers if we play by ordinary rules.

That's why 'shoplifting' from Kroger, 'robbing' a Bank of America branch, 'stealing' cable TV from Xfinity, or 'pirating' movies or music from Columbia or Universal is not morally wrong. Quite the opposite, it's the right thing to do.