WoofWoof91 , 10 months ago

NOTHING in the history of humankind has ever existed like computer data. A 100% identical copy of videos, pictures, and music can be made almost instantly at what is essentially zero cost to the original holder of the data. Any comparison to “stealing” or to a physical object (a car lol) just falls flat because the situation is just so different.

old uk piracy ads used the line “Piracy is theft!”
the funny thing is that it wasn’t actually legally theft
theft required (and still does i think) depriving the rightful owner of the goods themselves