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You wouldn't download an entire media library (programming.dev)
submitted 9 months ago by JDubbleu@programming.dev to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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[–] immortal_crab@lemmy.blahaj.zone 178 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Remember kids, if buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing!

[–] Octopus1348@lemy.lol 76 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Remember kids, if buying is owning, piracy still isn't stealing. You can make infinite copies of digital media.

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 41 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It's still very much copyright infringement. I don't give a shit about CI, but it still is that.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 37 points 9 months ago

That's still not stealing though.

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

That's a different argument. We went through this with VHS. If you tape a broadcast that you paid for, it is not copyright infringement. Unless, you start making several copies and distributing them. Recording a Netflix screen and keeping it neatly in your hard drive is not CI, nor stealing for that matter. The only leg they have to stand on is when people start making copies and charging for distributing it. But even that argument has always been dubious.