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LodeMike@lemmy.today 11 months 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 11 months 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 11 months 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 11 months ago
Theft deprives the owner of their property.
LodeMike@lemmy.today 11 months 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.