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Don't let the corporations tell you otherwise (lemmy.ohaa.xyz)
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[–] 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The theft is monetary and the creator and distributor of what's being pirated are the victims, it's not theft in the sense that you're taking something from someone and they don't have access to it anymore, they can still sell copies, by not paying for it what you're stealing is the money that should have been transferred to them.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    By this logic wage theft isn't theft since the employee never had the money in their possession.

    Let's exaggerate things. An indie dev sells a game for 5$ and when all things are split up they have 2$ going to them. They sell one copy but with the tracker they put into the game, they can tell that there's a million person that have played it. Their income for the work they put in is 2$, a million -1 people got to enjoy what they created through piracy. So you're telling me, no one has stolen anything from that creator?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Right, because content appears out of thin air.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    in wage theft, there is an agreement about getting paid, and the employer fraudulently does not pay that. I have no such agreement with ubisoft or blizzard.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Ok, but you acquiring content through piracy also is fraud and also makes you acquire something someone worked for without compensating them when the agreement they had with society in general was that they would make their creation available in exchange for money.

    But hey, social contract, who needs that? 🤷

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    >acquiring content through piracy also is fraud

    letting someone share a song with you is not fraud

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago

    It is if the person sharing it isn't the original creator, they do it in a way that makes it so you're now in possession of the content and they do it without the creator's approval.

    You guys are so good at mental gymnastics, you should use some of that energy to understand laws and to think about more than your self interest.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Theft is not monetary because you didn't take money away from the creator, hence there's no "theft" in strict meaning of the word. It's like saying you stole money from the store because you didn't pay for the apple. You stole the apple, but not the money. Except in digital world, store would be able to duplicate the apple infinite amount of times, so intellectual property is not missing on the author's part, you just violated the law because you used it without compensation.

    I understand the angle you are coming from, you are seeing it as potential income you have now prevented the creator from earning and phrasing it as theft.

    Also, arguing about all of this is pointless, especially online. That's why lawyer is a life calling and not something anyone can just do as a hobby. Written law is always different from interpreted law and lawyers will try to twist and wiggle around meanings of words as much as possible, which is also the reason why agreements and contracts are written in such a way.

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