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LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 year ago
Stealing and theft are technically two different things. Piracy is stealing but isn’t theft.
HOWEVER theft is almost always stealing, so I’m equally confused as you.
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LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 year ago
Stealing and theft are technically two different things. Piracy is stealing but isn’t theft.
HOWEVER theft is almost always stealing, so I’m equally confused as you.
TaTTe@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Can you explain how they’re different? The definition I found makes them sound identical: “theft; the action or crime of stealing” (Oxford dictionary).
ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 1 year ago
Theft deprives the owner of their property.
LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 year ago
That’s wrong. And the comment your replying to gives you the explanation. But in case that’s not enough: theft deprives people of something while stealing doesn’t. Copying is not theft.