along_the_road@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 10 days agoSony erases digital content from libraries; we're reminded we don’t own what we buyarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up1187arrow-down10
arrow-up1187arrow-down1external-linkSony erases digital content from libraries; we're reminded we don’t own what we buyarstechnica.comalong_the_road@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 10 days agomessage-square15linkfedilink
minus-squarecowfodder@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up78·10 days agoIf payment for a digital item doesn’t confer ownership then digital piracy isn’t theft.
minus-squareMichal@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·9 days agoTheft is if you take something away and they lose it. This is more of a licensing issue. All the company is deprived of is revenue, at least that’s what they think, assuming everyone downloading their content for free would otherwise pay for it.
If payment for a digital item doesn’t confer ownership then digital piracy isn’t theft.
Theft is if you take something away and they lose it. This is more of a licensing issue.
All the company is deprived of is revenue, at least that’s what they think, assuming everyone downloading their content for free would otherwise pay for it.