"Piracy isn't stealing" doesn't require a qualifier. It's objectively a separate, lesser crime. That correlation is just the result of effective, aggressive marketing that conflates the two. It was so effective that everyone misremembers the "you wouldn't steal a car" ad.

[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 22 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I think you mean this one

[–] metaStatic@kbin.social 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think you just solved the housing crisis because this lives rent free in my head

[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 4 points 11 months ago

Same!

[–] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 9 points 11 months ago

lol. You give an ad spot way too much credit

[–] LadyLikesSpiders@lemmy.ml 9 points 11 months ago

Thanks for that trip down memory lane. I was just a child when I saw that, and my first thought was "but... But when I steal from someone, they don't have it anymore. If I download it, they still have it"

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 7 points 11 months ago

Call it "illegal copy" (because fuck customer rights with "usage licenses") and we're good.

[–] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The one with the pirated music?

[–] sobriquet@aussie.zone 5 points 11 months ago

No, that was a different one.

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