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by hengistbury 849 days ago
Regardless of the moral question, digital piracy is not really "stealing"
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Indeed it isn't: digital goods are non-rival, and as such fundamentally un-steal-able. Property as we usually understand it simply doesn't apply to them. There's still copyright infringement, but "unlawful breach of a state-granted monopoly" doesn't sound nearly as bad as stealing.

You wouldn't steal a car, would you?