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Topic	Is pirating video games "stealing"?
SailorGoon 11/24/19 5:30:30 PM #65:	Anteaterking posted... Entitled isn't really a fitting word to use here. No one who is dumpster diving (let's just say for simplicity that they aren't trespassing) has any more claim to the trash than anyone else, but they become the "owners" once they take something away. As long as we're going to use the argument that digital items have "value" even though they can be replicated indefinitely (which is completely reasonable), I think it's also reasonable to consider pirating "abandonware" as being the equivalent of dumpster diving. This is different from ownership of the IP to be clear. Owning a physical good still doesn't give me unlimited rights when it comes to that product. Similarly, we shouldn't conflate ownership of a digital download and intellectual property contained in that download. It's not the equivalent since again: these publishers aren't revoking their rights/ownership. It is not akin to dumpster diving. If anything it's closer to what I referenced: grave robbing. You do not own or have any rights to whatever it is your pirating in any degree. It does not belong to you and you are not entitled to it. Tangible or not. --- Me irl: https://i.imgtc.ws/DaWXgKp.png <cite>SailorGoon posted [p:930638843] in Is piratin... [t:78194418]...</cite> <quote>Anteaterking posted... </cite> <quote>Entitled isn't really a fitting word to use here. No one who is dumpster diving (let's just say for simplicity that they aren't trespassing) has any more claim to the trash than anyone else, but they become the "owners" once they take something away. As long as we're going to use the argument that digital items have "value" even though they can be replicated indefinitely (which is completely reasonable), I think it's also reasonable to consider pirating "abandonware" as being the equivalent of dumpster diving. This is different from ownership of the IP to be clear. Owning a physical good still doesn't give me unlimited rights when it comes to that product. Similarly, we shouldn't conflate ownership of a digital download and intellectual property contained in that download.</quote>It's not the equivalent since again: these publishers aren't revoking their rights/ownership. It is not akin to dumpster diving. If anything it's closer to what I referenced: grave robbing. You do not own or have any rights to whatever it is your pirating in any degree. It does not belong to you and you are not entitled to it. Tangible or not. --- Me irl: https://i.imgtc.ws/DaWXgKp.png</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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