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Pluralistic: “If buying isn’t owning, piracy isn’t stealing” (pluralistic.net)
submitted 2 years ago by [M] to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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[–] 29 points 2 years ago

Simplify that to "Piracy isn't stealing". Copyright infringement (so-called piracy) is very different from stealing.

Sure, if "buying" isn't permanent despite assurance it was at the time, then copyright infringement is even more justified. But, copyright infringement isn't and has never been stealing.

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