klu9@piefed.social to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 23 days agoEveryone is stealing TVwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldpulse_of_truth@infosec.pub
arrow-up188arrow-down1external-linkEveryone is stealing TVwww.theverge.comklu9@piefed.social to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square24linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldpulse_of_truth@infosec.pub
minus-squarerailway692@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up73·23 days agoIt’s not theft. It’s copying or copyright infringement. If it was theft, the owners wouldn’t have it anymore. The words matter because they change your moral intuition about it.
minus-squareEriktheRed@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·23 days agoThank you! This is such an important distinction.
minus-squarepkjqpg1h@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·21 days agoMPAA Banned From Using Piracy and Theft Terms in Hotfile Trial
It’s not theft. It’s copying or copyright infringement.
If it was theft, the owners wouldn’t have it anymore.
The words matter because they change your moral intuition about it.
Thank you! This is such an important distinction.
MPAA Banned From Using Piracy and Theft Terms in Hotfile Trial