Post #4493571
2026-08-11 08:46 UTC
Piracy isn’t stealing anyway
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@massive_bereavement@fedia.io 2026-08-11 09:30
They call it stealing because the real legal term is unlawful copying or reproducing without copyright permits, and that sounds closer to a misdemeanor. If we claim someone has stolen thousands of songs causing millions of dolars in damages it does look like a felony, and that is the way they've chosen to scare us.
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@SatyrSack@quokk.au 2026-08-11 13:30
I feel the same way about people applying terms like “theft” to events of intellectual property misuse like copying another artist’s art style, reusing another comedian’s jokes, etc. Those things are problems of their own, but should not be called “theft”.