It just seems that what you are saying is that people shouldn’t be paid if their work doesn’t create something physical.
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gapbetweenus@feddit.de 11 months agoI have a thing and than someone takes it away, so I can’t use it anymore. If somebody copies that thing - it’s not really theft.
My point is more - concepts from physical world don’t nessessary apply to digital world.
ParsnipWitch@feddit.de 11 months ago
gapbetweenus@feddit.de 11 months ago
Nope, that’s not what I’m saying. I just make a difference between copying, stealing, physical goods, digital goods and immaterial things. They are not the same.
Easy examples: original and copy does not really apply to digital works or two people on opposite sides of world can have the same thought but not have the same physical object at the same time, etc.
Katana314@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Please name for me something someone could create on a computer, that you would agree they should be paid for; even if they show a demonstration copy to someone.
gapbetweenus@feddit.de 11 months ago
What ever they can find someone to pay for. I my self pay or use legally free software for my work. I just do t think that if someone pirates a copy of adobe cs it’s equivalent to theft of a physical good. Completely ok in my book for private use a bit shady for commercial use - but adobe subscription model is shady in my book anyway.
helenslunch@feddit.nl 11 months ago
Yes, it absolutely is, by any standard.
gapbetweenus@feddit.de 11 months ago
Sure buddy what ever makes you happy.
helenslunch@feddit.nl 11 months ago
None of this makes me happy
LemmysMum@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That’s strange, ignorance is supposed to be bliss.
gapbetweenus@feddit.de 11 months ago
Sorry to hear.
TootGuitar@reddthat.com 11 months ago
You say “ask the dictionary” — multiple dictionary definitions as well as Wikipedia say that theft requires the intent to deprive the original owner of the property in question, which obviously doesn’t apply to copyright infringement of digital works
You say “ask the law” — copyright infringement is not stealing, they are literally two completely different statutes, at least in the US.
So, what the hell are you talking about? Copyright infringement is not theft.
helenslunch@feddit.nl 11 months ago
Like many words, “theft” has several different definitions, that being one of them.
Congratulations, that’s the 4th strawman in this thread. No one is talking about copyrights.
So what the hell are you talking about?
TootGuitar@reddthat.com 11 months ago
My brother/sister in Christ, everyone in this discussion is talking about copyright infringement. That is the actual legal name for what we colloquially refer to as “piracy,” according to, you know, the law, which you previously referenced as something we should look to.