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minus-squarestebo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down3·11 days agoIf someone steals my bike, I lose ownership of the bike, that’s theft. If I pirate a movie, Disney still owns the movie. If I buy a game, I don’t even own that copy of the game??
minus-squarestarman2112@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-211 days ago If I buy a game, I don’t even own that copy of the game?? Here’s my chance to shill for GOG in this thread! It feels nice to legally own a copy of Stardew Valley
minus-squareGrammarPolice@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down9·11 days agoIn my opinion, theft is a bit more nuanced than that. You pirating the game denies the producers of the game the profit they would have otherwise derived from you purchasing the game
minus-squarestebo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down2·edit-211 days agono because otherwise I simply wouldn’t have bought it
minus-squareHawk@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 days agoThat’s why it’s called piracy, not theft.
If someone steals my bike, I lose ownership of the bike, that’s theft.
If I pirate a movie, Disney still owns the movie.
If I buy a game, I don’t even own that copy of the game??
Here’s my chance to shill for GOG in this thread! It feels nice to legally own a copy of Stardew Valley
In my opinion, theft is a bit more nuanced than that. You pirating the game denies the producers of the game the profit they would have otherwise derived from you purchasing the game
no because otherwise I simply wouldn’t have bought it
That’s why it’s called piracy, not theft.