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by dahart 1636 days ago
Your definitions don’t agree with the dictionary at all. It’s relevant to this discussion and important that you can sell and buy services for which you may or may not have control. I really can’t abide with crappy incorrect definitions you’ve made up on the spot that don’t agree with the ways all other people use these words. Your list of definitions here also isn’t helping clarify anything other than you’re giving me the impression that you didn’t read the actual transaction text before you paid for some online movies?

Yes, I do agree that pirating something is somehow bad. I don’t see the point you’re trying to make by quoting me. You’re going to have to state it rather than expect I can read your mind.

I don’t agree with your snarky summary of my position. What you’ve demonstrated here is that you 1) didn’t listen to and/or didn’t understand what I said but believe you do, 2) don’t understand copyright law, why it exists and what shapes it, and 3) what the boundaries and distinctions are between copyright law and DRM.

Instead of being vague, can you give some specific examples of movies you paid for where the language used in the actual transaction said you were purchasing a copy of the movie, but it ended up being a rental? I’m not aware of any streaming service that uses either of those words, but it seems like you might have expectations that are outside of what the thing being offered was. Please give an example of how you were cheated by linking to the product.

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Unfortunately, if we can't agree on what words mean, I can't justify continuing to waste time in this discussion.

Cheerio!

We can agree on what words mean, as long as you don’t make up your own definitions. I do agree it’s a waste of time if you can’t use something even remotely close to the agreed-upon definitions in the dictionary.

Here are some definitions that seem more reasonable:

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/sell

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/buy

(Note neither of these involve use of the word “control”)

Here is the text of US copyright law, I recommend reading it:

https://www.copyright.gov/title17/