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Pluralistic: "If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing" (pluralistic.net)

submitted 8 months ago by kpw@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world

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The ability to change features, prices, and availability of things you've already paid for is a powerful temptation to corporations.

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[–] zbyte64@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 8 months ago

saying that those who create are entitled to the value of what they create.

Here I was thinking we all deserved a giant meteor.

The publisher example is one of a difference in power and you're saying that IP is there to protect the author. Except this whole video is about how that doesn't happen anymore. The law is written and litigated by those with power.