Comment on Sony erases digital content from libraries; we're reminded we don’t own what we buy
cowfodder@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
If payment for a digital item doesn’t confer ownership then digital piracy isn’t theft.
Comment on Sony erases digital content from libraries; we're reminded we don’t own what we buy
cowfodder@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
If payment for a digital item doesn’t confer ownership then digital piracy isn’t theft.
Michal@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
Theft is if you take something away and they lose it. This is more of a licensing issue.
All the company is deprived of is revenue, at least that’s what they think, assuming everyone downloading their content for free would otherwise pay for it.