Chozo comments on Pluralistic: “If buying isn’t owning, piracy isn’t stealing”

I don't like this analogy, because there's a real, albeit small, cost to the subway of that free ride, in terms of fuel and increased maintenance. Digital piracy has literaly no real cost to the producer except the nebulous "lost sale."

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[–] risottinopazzesco@feddit.it 9 points 2 years ago

It should be a free service anyway. Without free public transport, democracy does not exists. Same reason healthcare and education should be. So sure, you are “stealing” a ride - something that should be yours anyway because people are not born with the ability to travel kilometers of cityscapes, something that is now mandatory to survive and thrive.

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[–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 6 points 2 years ago

You're also potentially blocking a seat that could be used by a paying passenger, and the operator will statistically run more/longer trains at higher cost to cope with increased demand.

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[–] jamesravey@lemmy.nopro.be 15 points 2 years ago

I dunno, I mean are the train company allowed to take my money and then go "sorry we fell out with the fuel company so we're just gonna keep your money and not take you to your destination. Soz babe x"

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[–] r00ty@kbin.life 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

You wouldn't download a train?

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[–] theKalash@feddit.ch 8 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

In that case you're actually using a limited resource: space on a train. And by occupying it you're preventing someone else from using it (assuming a full train). Copying media doesn't cost any resources (ignoring the tiny amounts of electricity) or interfere with anyone else's ability to use that resource.