• Nezgul@reddthat.com
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    1 year ago

    I mean, if we extend this logic though, stealing a license is still harmful to the person who possesses the copyright. Breaking into a hotel room deprives the current possessor the exclusive right to possess the room; stealing a piece of software deprives the copyright holder the exclusive right to control their copyrighted work.

    Like, I’m not even anti-piracy for the most part. I just think the comparison in the OP is bad and doesn’t make a lot of sense.

    Someone else in this thread said it best – “just enjoy ya loot.”

    • explodicle@local106.com
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      1 year ago

      Breaking into a hotel room deprives the current possessor the exclusive right to possess the room; stealing a piece of software deprives the copyright holder the exclusive right to control their copyrighted work.

      I think the source of disagreement here is that you have a natural right to land use, but a purely legal right to exclusively control copies of your work.

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      1 year ago

      but you are not stealing a license. you are telling your hard drive to put 0 and 1 in a certain order.

      you are literally not taking anything