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> The key part is depriving the original owner of the use of the item. I know that’s been a tribal shibboleth of piracy since the 2000s, and I’m sympathetic to
by photonerd 3y ago
> The key part is depriving the original owner of the use of the item.
I know that’s been a tribal shibboleth of piracy since the 2000s, and I’m sympathetic to the moral argument to this view… but it’s just factually untrue (both in terminology AND in law)
- Nursie 3y agoIt’s not though, in law, as they are different crimes. And that’s where copyright infringement even is a crime rather than a civil matter as it is in many places.