Comment on Developer Interview: my Q&A with the dev who runs 'the' Switch piracy freeshop

RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

because piracy means stealing

No. No it does not. Piracy is legally copyright infringement, not theft. Stealing requires that the thief deprive the original owner access to the stolen thing. Piracy is not stealing because there is no deprivation of access.

If I made a copy of your car, but you still had access to your car and could drive it like normal, I didn’t steal your car.

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