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I am ashamed that I hadn’t reasoned this through given all the rubbish digital services have pulled with “purchases” being lies.

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

Yes, which is not theft. It's not murder either. Nor is it blasphemy. It's just copyright infringement.

[–] jimbo@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

When you steal something you deprive someone else of it.

Ok, I was just going off what you said previously.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 0 points 11 months ago

That's just one element of theft.