Comment on Sony is erasing digital libraries that were supposed to be accessible “forever”
jol@discuss.tchncs.de 9 months agoPiracy isn’t stealing, the same way riding the subway without a ticket isn’t stealing.
Comment on Sony is erasing digital libraries that were supposed to be accessible “forever”
jol@discuss.tchncs.de 9 months agoPiracy isn’t stealing, the same way riding the subway without a ticket isn’t stealing.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Riding the subway without a ticket would be called, in many jurisdictions, theft of services
Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 9 months ago
It’s nice that they made the distinction between regular theft and theft of services. The harm associated with them isn’t the same, so it would make sense to treat them differently. However, I still think that describing free-riding as a theft of any kind is a bit too harsh.