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

    • merc@sh.itjust.works
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      2 years ago

      It’s not theft though. When you steal something you deprive someone else of it.

      It’s just copyright infringement. Since copyright is an artificial temporary monopoly granted by the government, it’s pretty different from “theft”.

      • Uriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        The media corporations in their greed and cruelty have long earned violent reprisal and deserve to be sacked.

        Pirating their content is comparatively petty.

        But better still is to not pirate their content and let it remain unseen and forgotten.

        The reward for creators and artists is to become a part of culture. The promise of riches is a false, capitalist dream.