The ability to change features, prices, and availability of things you’ve already paid for is a powerful temptation to corporations.

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    -57 months ago

    What would you call it if you make a contract with a gardener, they make your entire garden and then you don’t pay them. Since it’s not stealing, where is the harm, right?

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      37 months ago

      You’re stealing their time. That’s not really comparable since the people who made the tv show or movie you’re pirating have already been paid.

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        17 months ago

        Do you believe actors etc. would still keep getting paid if everyone would just pirate everything?

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            17 months ago

            Since the idea seems to be that pirating digital goods is a moral imperative, the question what are the consequences if everyone would do it is valid.

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      27 months ago

      Er… first off, you signed a contract. Second, you’d be stealing their labor. Their physical labor.