_number8_@lemmy.world to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 5 months agoWhy is it legal to buy and sell used books/discs but illegal to buy and sell used digital files?message-squaremessage-square104fedilinkarrow-up1482file-text
arrow-up1458message-squareWhy is it legal to buy and sell used books/discs but illegal to buy and sell used digital files?_number8_@lemmy.world to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square104fedilinkfile-text
this contradiction always confused me. either way the official company is “losing a sale” and not getting the money, right?
minus-squareKptnAutismus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32arrow-down1·5 months agowhich is eyactly why piracy isn’t theft. it can still be a crime, just don’t call it what it obviously isn’t.
minus-squareTWeaK@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-25 months agoIt never used to be a crime. Bastard lobbyists!
which is eyactly why piracy isn’t theft.
it can still be a crime, just don’t call it what it obviously isn’t.
It never used to be a crime. Bastard lobbyists!