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minus-squarestebo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·11 days agoIf someone steals my bike, I lose ownership of the bike, that’s theft. If I pirate a movie, Disney still owns the movie. If I buy a game, I don’t even own that copy of the game??
minus-squareGrammarPolice@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down6·11 days agoIn my opinion, theft is a bit more nuanced than that. You pirating the game denies the producers of the game the profit they would have otherwise derived from you purchasing the game
minus-squarestebo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-211 days agono because otherwise I simply wouldn’t have bought it
If someone steals my bike, I lose ownership of the bike, that’s theft.
If I pirate a movie, Disney still owns the movie.
If I buy a game, I don’t even own that copy of the game??
In my opinion, theft is a bit more nuanced than that. You pirating the game denies the producers of the game the profit they would have otherwise derived from you purchasing the game
no because otherwise I simply wouldn’t have bought it