I mean, if we extend this logic though, stealing a license is still harmful to the person who possesses the copyright. Breaking into a hotel room deprives the current possessor the exclusive right to possess the room; stealing a piece of software deprives the copyright holder the exclusive right to control their copyrighted work.
Like, I’m not even anti-piracy for the most part. I just think the comparison in the OP is bad and doesn’t make a lot of sense.
Someone else in this thread said it best – “just enjoy ya loot.”
Breaking into a hotel room deprives the current possessor the exclusive right to possess the room; stealing a piece of software deprives the copyright holder the exclusive right to control their copyrighted work.
I think the source of disagreement here is that you have a natural right to land use, but a purely legal right to exclusively control copies of your work.
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That’s why I break into hotel rooms.
No, that would harm whoever was in possession of the room at the time (owner or guest).
This would be more akin to sneaking into a movie theatre to stand in the back and watch.
But that would still be theft of service.
I mean, if we extend this logic though, stealing a license is still harmful to the person who possesses the copyright. Breaking into a hotel room deprives the current possessor the exclusive right to possess the room; stealing a piece of software deprives the copyright holder the exclusive right to control their copyrighted work.
Like, I’m not even anti-piracy for the most part. I just think the comparison in the OP is bad and doesn’t make a lot of sense.
Someone else in this thread said it best – “just enjoy ya loot.”
I think the source of disagreement here is that you have a natural right to land use, but a purely legal right to exclusively control copies of your work.
but you are not stealing a license. you are telling your hard drive to put 0 and 1 in a certain order.
you are literally not taking anything
I think the equivalent would be to make a copy of that room without paying.
Wouldn’t it be more like having one person seed the room and letting all the leechers stay in the room free of charge
Come to think of it, I’ve done this.
“you guys stay in the car ok?”