Comment on Pluralistic: "If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing"
dpkonofa@lemmy.world 1 year agoIt is theft. It’s theft of value and income rather than theft of a good, though. If you can’t admit that then you’re not here to have a good faith discussion of the topic. You’re just here to bloviate and validate your own opinion.
schmidtster@lemmy.world 1 year ago
So it’s theft if a lend a book to someone since they didnt pay for it…?
dpkonofa@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You’re just being dishonest now. I’ve answered this several times. If you’re lending or giving someone a book, you’re limited by the very physical nature of the fact that it’s an actual book. That’s not the same as pirating digital content or copying a book (which requires physical resources and costs). Your disingenuous attitude might work on children but it’s unwelcome in this discussion.
schmidtster@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You haven’t answered it, you keep implying the person is doing it for profit or the people would be buying the books from the artist.
If they had no intention of buying it, how’s the artist losing out…?
dpkonofa@lemmy.world 1 year ago