Pluralistic: “If buying isn’t owning, piracy isn’t stealing” (08 Dec 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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  • Prunebutt@feddit.de
    3·
    11 months ago

    When I steal a shoe, the shoe can’t besold anymore, because I have it. If I pirate a game, is there one less copy that steam can sell?

    Piracy is categorically something else than stealing. Have you even read the original post?

    Edit: If you really follow your logic strand, you would have to reach the conclusion that Sony stole content from their users.

    Edit2:

    No, I never said anything of the sort.

    This u?

    The origins of any movie you pirate come from theft, full stop.

    • Chozo@kbin.social
      1·
      11 months ago

      according to you, piracy is stealing, because it has to be stolen at some point.

      The origins of any movie you pirate come from theft, full stop.

      These are not the same statement. You’re getting the before and after mixed up, likely on purpose.

      • RandoCalrandian@kbin.social
        1·
        11 months ago

        Trying to pull your circular reasoning apart and putting them back together in reverse still gives you… drumroll… circular reasoning!

        But thank you for helping give everyone else a demonstration of how motivated reasoning works.