themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 6 days agoWhy people Pirate?lemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square122linkfedilinkarrow-up1943arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1934arrow-down1imageWhy people Pirate?lemmy.dbzer0.comthemachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square122linkfedilinkfile-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-squareSquidiey@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days agoWould you classify making clones/copies out of a thing and sharing them stealing?
minus-squaredogdeanafternoon@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days agoIf it’s something I am not allowed to have, then yeah. I would. If you hack into my computer and copy all my files you have 100% stolen my data. It would be insane to think otherwise. The entire premise is permission.
minus-squareSquidiey@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days agoIn a nutshell: the word stealing is a vague umbrella term.
minus-squaredogdeanafternoon@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoNo, there’s literally definitions for it. You can look it up. All of them have some element of permission to it. It all boils down to taking something when you aren’t allowed.
Would you classify making clones/copies out of a thing and sharing them stealing?
If it’s something I am not allowed to have, then yeah. I would.
If you hack into my computer and copy all my files you have 100% stolen my data. It would be insane to think otherwise.
The entire premise is permission.
In a nutshell: the word stealing is a vague umbrella term.
No, there’s literally definitions for it. You can look it up. All of them have some element of permission to it. It all boils down to taking something when you aren’t allowed.