Comment on Pluralistic: "If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing"
vsh@lemm.ee 1 year agoTaking a product from the shop without paying and returning the item later is still stealing.
There was a history on Reddit where man stole a few grands of $ in products over a few years at his local grocery shop, and one day when he wanted to return what he stole he was arrested on site.
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
The issue here is that there is a period of time where the shop does not have item.
poopkins@lemmy.world 1 year ago
If you are trying to make an analogy to digital copies, this still doesn’t hold water. The copyright holder does not have ownership of your copy.
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
The copyright holder should never have ownership of my copy. If I purchase it it should be mine to use. The shop should not be allowed to come to my house and take it away.
poopkins@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The key difference here is that you only own the copy when the copyright holder sells it to you. I don’t know if you’re being obtuse, but this shouldn’t be a difficult concept to grasp. If it helps in understanding, try replacing “copy” with “product” and “copyright holder” with “store.”