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So police should only prevent crimes that directly hurt people? so bike thieves or shoplifters are just safe now?
by Refusing23 2y ago
So police should only prevent crimes that directly hurt people?
so bike thieves or shoplifters are just safe now?
- puppycodes 2y agopolice should protect people, not whining corporations. A bike and streaming tv are completely incompatible analogies. No one is deprived of their property by folks streaming the soccer match via IPTV because they cant afford the nightmarish subscription bundles from inescapable monopolies.
- shiroiushi 2y ago> No one is deprived of their property by folks streaming the soccer match via IPTV because they cant afford the nightmarish subscription bundles from inescapable monopolies. Or even worse, no one is deprived of their property by folks streaming the soccer match via IPTV because the owner simply doesn't offer it on any service in their country.
- jack_pp 2y agoI was going to play devil's advocate and say that sports team budgets would suffer but maybe that wouldn't be such a bad thing. Maybe if movies weren't about making so much money we'd have better movies instead of cash grabs. Sure we wouldn't have big budget CGI movies but that's a sacrifice I'd be willing to make
- TiredOfLife 2y agoIn US shoplifting and car theft are already essentially legal. Nobody prosecutes.
- wil421 2y agoMaybe in your state.
- __rito__ 2y agoWhen you steal a bike or shoplift, there are actual atoms that change place, change ownership, and the legitimate owners don't have access to those real atoms anymore. Piracy isn't like that. Copying doesn't remove the original copy. Also, "If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't theft."