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I know someone that uses TVpass.org and thinks that it’s not stealing because it’s a .org and “they only give those org websites out to good people” It made me smile.

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Tiger666@lemmy.ca ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
What is stealing, let’s be honest.

Is charging a crazy amount for forced programming laced with massive amounts of advertising considered stealing? I think so.

As far as Im concerned copying something is not theft.

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- BrightCandle@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Theft has a very specific definition, critically it requires the taking of something so that someone else is permenantly deprived of the thing. When something is cloned or copied its not theft, its all intellectual law driven so copyright and trademark breaches. No one is deprived of the product, only potentially the payment for a service.
  
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  - Tiger666@lemmy.ca ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Payment for a service that is way over inflated in terms of cost and overrun with advertising that should be subsidizing said programming.
    
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- robocall@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  The real thefts are the cable service providers that rip off their customers and force them to buy channels in bundles that they don’t want.
  
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