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It doesn't matter if it's a CD, a Film, or manual with the instructions to build a spaceship. If you copy it, the original owner doesn't lose anything. If you don't copy it, the only one missing something (the experience) is YOU.

Enjoy!

Of course, if you happen to have some extra money for donations to creators, please do so. If you don't have that, try contributing with a review somewhere or recommending the content, spread the word. Piracy was shown to drive businesses in several occasions by independent and biased corps (trying to show the opposite).

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[–] borari@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

They never said it was theft.

My bad, you’re right they did not. In the context of the OP and the quote used in the top level reply, “the owner doesn’t lose anything” clearly means “the owner does not lose a physical good or object”.

Saying grocers have the right to deny food they were going to throw away to those who would eat it is little different than saying Israel has the right to deny the entry of aid in the form or food and/or medical supplies into Gaza.

It's a "right" to FORCE people to starve, and to FORCE others to let them starve. "Right"? It’s no such thing.

Ok, I’m losing the thread here. I’m not really sure what this has to do with piracy or whether piracy constitutes theft at this point. If you’re trying to draw an analogy between two situations I’m just not understanding it.

[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Not an analogy, a parallel. Israel literally prefers that food be left to rot or dumped at sea rather than reaching "certain" people who need it.

[–] borari@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 7 months ago

Again, not seeing how this parallel really applies to the conversation at hand?