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Rule of owning (lemmy.ml)

submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 6 days ago (4 children)

If buying isn't owning then piracy isn't stealing.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Bad argument piracy has never been stealing

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Sure it has, back when it was on boats at sea

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Only when they were stealing things.

[–] RandomVideos 11 points 6 days ago (4 children)

If buying becomes owning, will people stop pirating?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 days ago

People were more inclined to buy software when it was a one time purchase rather than a license subscription (for example Adobe).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

If piracy was stealing I would do it even more

[–] RandomVideos 3 points 5 days ago

Stealing potential profits is no where near as fun as stealing actual profits

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Good question. Probably not. Still wouldn't be stealing, as there's not a limited supply. For that matter, how could we call anything "ownership" if the supply isn't limited? Do you own the air you breathe or the sunrays hitting your ~~face~~ computer screen?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 days ago

You know, I tried telling them this at Hertz, but they still called the cops on me! WTF! I gave them money, they gave me car. What's the problem officer?!?!?