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Study finds anti-piracy messages backfire, especially for men (phys.org)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If I stole someone's car, and an exact copy of the car was left there for them, I'd probably be okay with stealing a car. Copying a file isn't the same as stealing a physical album. That's the criticism of that ad campaign, they aren't equal comparisons. Besides, if buying isn't owning, then copying isn't stealing.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Like I said, you're welcome to talk about it being an invalid comparison, but the advert did not state you wouldn't download a car.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

We're aware of that. People didn't steal albums either.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Well, maybe you didn't. My CD case that someone stole out of my parent's convertible would like to disagree.

Funny enough, most of those discs were burned with content of dubious legality.