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If purchasing isn’t owning, then piracy isn’t stealing(fosstodon.org)

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I am ashamed that I hadn’t reasoned this through given all the rubbish digital services have pulled with “purchases” being lies.

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merc@sh.itjust.works
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Who cares? The point is, it’s not theft. The person who had the art still has the art, so it’s not theft.

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That is an assumption made that the artist still has the original thing that was not paid for. I understand what you’re being pedantic about. I just don’t think you’re right.

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merc@sh.itjust.works
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What part of that statement suggests that the artist no longer has the original art? As stated, no theft occurred.

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