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There’s a little concept known as Intellectual Property that begs to differ

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If someone steals my bike, I lose ownership of the bike, that’s theft.

If I pirate a movie, Disney still owns the movie.

If I buy a game, I don’t even own that copy of the game??

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If I buy a game, I don’t even own that copy of the game??

Here’s my chance to shill for GOG in this thread! It feels nice to legally own a copy of Stardew Valley

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In my opinion, theft is a bit more nuanced than that. You pirating the game denies the producers of the game the profit they would have otherwise derived from you purchasing the game

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no because otherwise I simply wouldn’t have bought it

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That’s why it’s called piracy, not theft.

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When people hear the concept of thought crimes described to them, they rightfully recoil in disgust at that kind of dystopic idea. However, euphemize the concept as intellectual property, and for some reason, most people are fine with it.

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IP theft isn’t a thought crime, though.

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No idea what point buddy was tryna pass across there

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I have no idea what a “though crime” is, but if your intent is to antagonise IP laws then you’re probably not a very creative person

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They likely meant “thought crimes”

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