that’s stealing
It’s important to note that copyright violation is never stealing or theft. That’s a poetic term copyright maximalists use to morally equate two disparate concepts. Stealing and theft involves taking something that is finite and rivalrous and thus depriving the owner of it.
QubaXR@lemmy.world 2 days ago
That “finite and rivalrous” is a definition that sprung up quite recently and I don’t know if I agree with it. How would one “steal a kiss” if it was a finite resource. Also while stealing is not always “punishable by law”, it can still be classified as wrongdoing. As an artist I find all forms of plagiarism to equate to stealing and while they won’t land you behind bars, they may get you a status of persona non grata with other creatives.
HenchmanNumber3@lemm.ee 2 days ago
Stealing a kiss is another poetic use of the term.
Depends on the context.
As an artist, I don’t. Plagiarism is about failure to cite sources and copying content while claiming it’s yours. That’s not even usually a legal issue. It’s an academic issue. And it’s not necessarily immoral either. You can be accused of plagiarizing yourself by not citing that you had previously written some of the content in a previous work. That’s not even close to stealing, technically, legally, or morally.
Plagiarism is also very different from copyright violation.
And it might get you fame and fortune and acclaim from others. Depends on the context.
bloup@lemmy.sdf.org 2 days ago
I’m just curious, but why do you think it’s a definition that “sprung up recently”?
setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 2 days ago
From what I have gather of the Lemmy zeitgeist, intellectual property doesn’t exist except if AI uses it.