themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 4 days agoWhy people Pirate?lemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square103linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageWhy people Pirate?lemmy.dbzer0.comthemachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square103linkfedilinkfile-text
How to prevent pirating? https://www.ign.com/articles/battlefield-6-player-with-over-400-hours-gets-full-refund-from-steam-after-key-modes-were-removed
minus-squaredogdeanafternoon@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoIt’s definitely stealing. I just happen to consider it morally acceptable stealing from these fuckwits.
minus-squareSquidiey@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 hours agoSteal is like taking away a cupcake from your bakery. Piracy is like analyzing the cupcake and thus revealing its recipe and I share it to everyone. (You wouldn’t lose your baked cupcakes but everyone makes clones out of them from the recipe.)
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoStealing means taking something from someone that won’t have that thing anymore. Piracy is just duplicating. No stealing involved.
minus-squaredogdeanafternoon@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoCan you post a source where you are getting that definition? Information can be stolen. Companies are stealing our data all the time. https://www.dictionary.com/browse/steal The main qualifier is taking something without permission.
minus-squareisleepinahammock@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoNothing was taken.
It’s definitely stealing. I just happen to consider it morally acceptable stealing from these fuckwits.
Steal is like taking away a cupcake from your bakery.
Piracy is like analyzing the cupcake and thus revealing its recipe and I share it to everyone. (You wouldn’t lose your baked cupcakes but everyone makes clones out of them from the recipe.)
Stealing means taking something from someone that won’t have that thing anymore.
Piracy is just duplicating. No stealing involved.
Can you post a source where you are getting that definition? Information can be stolen. Companies are stealing our data all the time.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/steal
The main qualifier is taking something without permission.
Nothing was taken.