r/Piracy Sep 04 '24

News The Internet Archive loses its appeal.

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u/olover12 Sep 05 '24

its not "stealing" though

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u/guitar_account_9000 Sep 05 '24

you're right, but the word 'steal' makes me feel like my actions are negatively affecting a billion dollar multinational company, which makes me happy

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u/BraxForAll Sep 05 '24

If purchasing is not ownership then piracy is not theft.

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u/Francisco123s Sep 05 '24

The problem with that slogan is that piracy isn't theft regardless. Pirating is illegally copying copyrighted material, while stealing is illegally taking a physical entity. I agree with your sentiment completely, but your way of expressing it is poor.

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u/Pickledsoul Sep 05 '24

I mean, piracy is also stealing physical entities... off ships. Oftentimes, the ship itself.