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Topic	Pirating is not theft
On_The_Edge 11/15/18 7:39:14 PM #21:	voldothegr8 posted... On_The_Edge posted... voldothegr8 posted... How is it not theft, because it's digital? That's dumb. If you take a product, physical or otherwise, without paying for it that's theft. I think part of the essence of theft is that it's not available to the person you stole it from anymore. With pirating you don't remove anyone's ownership of something. You could say you're stealing from potential sales, but I think that's only if you distribute the digital item. Slice it anyway you want, but if you take a product without paying for it that's theft. That goes for even obscure shit. It's wrong, but I don't know if theft is the right word? Surely downloading a copy of a file and depriving someone of their property are not in the same category? I think the question is interesting because it seems like a very recent moral problem, did anyone before the digital age have to answer this question? --- We're here. https://discord.gg/Q9K3ndP <cite>On_The_Edge posted [p:912475032] in Pirating i... [t:77205778]...</cite> <quote><cite>voldothegr8 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>On_The_Edge posted...</cite> <quote><cite>voldothegr8 posted...</cite> <quote>How is it not theft, because it's digital? That's dumb. If you take a product, physical or otherwise, without paying for it that's theft.</quote> I think part of the essence of theft is that it's not available to the person you stole it from anymore. With pirating you don't remove anyone's ownership of something. You could say you're stealing from potential sales, but I think that's only if you distribute the digital item.</quote> Slice it anyway you want, but if you take a product without paying for it that's theft. That goes for even obscure shit.</quote> It's wrong, but I don't know if theft is the right word? Surely downloading a copy of a file and depriving someone of their property are not in the same category? I think the question is interesting because it seems like a very recent moral problem, did anyone before the digital age have to answer this question? --- We're here. https://discord.gg/Q9K3ndP</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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