Comment on Pluralistic: "If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing"

• amzd@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Depends on the intention. Most “illegal” copies are distributed for free so that’s not counterfeiting (there’s no intention to deceive or defraud)

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  • And009@lemmynsfw.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s probably going into semantics and what the law says, it’s different for every country.

    What’s happening with games and softwares are cracks and repacking, it’s manipulating few parts of the original product to provide partial or sometimes full functionality. This is an infringement of intellectual property and not a counterfeit.

    For podcasts, music and movies it’s usually a rip, out of vinyls, lossless or a high definition source. These are copies, not manipulated in any way.

    Maybe camrips are truly a counterfeit.

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    • Rodeo@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      … This is an infringement of intellectual property …

      Not unless it’s distributed.

      Copying copyrighted works is not a crime. Distributing those copies is a crime.

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      • poopkins@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Copyright doesn’t explicitly say anything about distribution. Distribution is usually used to determine the scale of the crime and calculating incurred damages.

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      • And009@lemmynsfw.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yea there might be an intent to make profit or resell in there

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  • greenmarty@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I have yet to see country that doesn’t mind copying their currency unofficially but I’m open to suggestions 🫡

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    • amzd@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Correct, that would be counterfeiting if you would copy money with the intention to deceive or defraud others. That doesn’t contradict what I said.

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      • greenmarty@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        IMHO it does contradict what you say. Intention doesn’t matter. If you copy currency , you either have to make apparent its fake currency or you are might get in trouble with law. Intention, aka motive is hard to prove and if proven doesn’t make it legal to copy official currency.

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