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Pluralistic: "If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing"(pluralistic.net)

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The ability to change features, prices, and availability of things you’ve already paid for is a powerful temptation to corporations.

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AtariDump@lemmy.world
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You wouldn’t shoot a policeman and then steal his helmet.

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captainastronaut@seattlelunarsociety.org
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But I would definitely take a shit in that helmet

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wewbull@iusearchlinux.fyi
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…and then return it to his grieving wife?

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AtariDump@lemmy.world
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And then steal it again?

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