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>>qainsi+(OP)
I feel piracy today is pretty morally excused.

>>figass+O
So by this logic if the supermarket increased the price of bananas beyond a certain arbitrary threshold you set it becomes okay to steal them? As opposed to, shopping elsewhere, or not eating bananas.

>>wannac+li
No. Because pirating media is no where equivalent to stealing bananas.

Stealing a banana deprives the store of the banana and the revenue from the sale of the banana.

Pirating media does not deprive anyone of anything. And no, pirated media does not equal lost sale. It does not remove the media from the streaming site nor does it prevent the streaming site from profiting from the piece of media.

People need to stop making this analogy as is does not work for digital media.

>>hightr+ll
Sorry, can you provide a link to the official list of things that are okay to steal?

Are taxes and parking tickets on the list? I feel like I shouldn't have to pay those.

> Pirating media does not deprive anyone of anything. And no, pirated media does not equal lost sale.

What about software? Should we not have to pay for that either? What about the software you make a living writing? Is that exempt from the list?

>>wannac+Ul
When you read a free book at the public library instead of paying the publisher for it, are you stealing?

>>travoc+on
Your taxes fund the library and the expenses necessary to loan you the book. You need a library card before they'll loan you the book which is given out only to people who pay taxes in that district. The card is your authorization just like a license for software or other copyrighted works.

If I, a stranger, took your car out of your driveway without permission, is it stealing if I promised to return it?

>>wannac+Vn
If I, a stranger, made an exact copy of your car in your driveway without permission, is it stealing at all?