• @SCB
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    Someone is selling something I want. I either can’t, or don’t want to, pay for it, so I just take it. What’s the morality there?

    Not sure why you need this spelled out. There are varying degrees of “wrong.” They’re still all on one side of the spectrum.

    I support piracy the same way I support shoplifting of certain goods - it’s a social subsidy for poor people because we as a society don’t guarantee enough spending power.

    Well that and the generally ethical piracy of archival/illegal distribution to overcome laws.

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      • @SCB
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        Access to content. Same as Steam.

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            You can buy a lot of things that aren’t tangible. The entire service industry is built on that concept.

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                This is a nonsensical argument man. People generally purchase services with contracts. It is most assuredly a purchase. No amount of wordplay is going to make you right. This isn’t a schoolyard, and clever interpretations don’t mean anything in the real world

                Also any DVD you purchased, ever, most assuredly has rules on what you can do with it. Copyright does not cease to exist because you bought a disk.

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                    Lmao the real world is going to be such a weird place for you.