• AlEi@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The way I see it is that piracy IS stealing. Not of the digital items but of the income that they potentially would have had. But I just don’t give a fuck

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      1 year ago

      The word “potentially” is doing a lot of work there.

      In many cases of piracy, the result of not pirating the work would not have been more income for the rights holder, it would have been the person just not acquiring a copy of the work at all.

    • ඞmir@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      In that way, taxes can steal income from me that I potentially would’ve had if they didn’t exist, and if I could then spend that income on another service now the taxes stole it from that service

      “Potential” revenue is completely bullshit.

    • Sneezycat@sopuli.xyz
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      1 year ago

      I’m sorry, but I read your comment and didn’t find it interesting. I’ll have to sue you for the incredible things that I could’ve potentially done in these 10 seconds you stole from me, like buying a winning lottery ticket. /s