Quote from name:Richard Nixons Head
Theft is the act of taking without permission. It does not matter whether the original is maintained or removed, you are using something of MINE for your enjoyment or profit, without my permission. That is theft, irregardless of whether or not your foolish blog linked depicts it as such or not, and the analogy to copyright should make this fully clear. If you feel the need to define the two terms separately as per the difference the site gives, it makes no difference to the validity of my argument.
No it isn't.
Theft denies you the use of and enjoyment of it. Read the link. Your argument is not valid because you don't understand why theft is wrong, and because you think "irregardless" is a word.
If I didn't pirate something, I wouldn't buy it anyways. And
neither would 99% of people who pirate things.
It doesn't hurt companies, it doesn't deny them their ability to sell merchandise, and just because you don't know what theft is, doesn't mean it's wrong.
"- Officer, someone stole my Ferrari last night.
- Right. What model was it?
- F430 2006. Yellow.
- License plate number?
- 4361 GHT 12
- Do you have a picture of it?
- No, but if you have a digital camera, it’s parked right outside.
- Huh? What do you mean? You still have it?
- Er yes, fortunately.
- What’s the problem, then?
- Well, I sort of resent the idea that someone is now driving the same car without having spent a ridiculously huge amount of hard-earned tax evasion money on it."
Get over yourself.
I was wondering how such a stupid reply could possibly be here, then I realized this wasn't in SD. So my reply will be equally offensive, but it will at least maintain some semblance of a comprehensible argument, which your post fails miserably at.
The difference between theft and piracy does not at all reflect the discussion, it's a foolish tangent that you've taken in order to seem like you might have a valid point. You win, they're different words, congrats. It doesn't change the fact that your analogy is not even remotely accurate.
You're stealing someone without permission, without paying for it. Do you buy a movie ticket to own the movie? Do you download a movie to own the movie? No, you watch it once and then delete it or throw it onto a 500 GB hard drive and probably never look at it again. Intellectual property is NOT physical, and so different rules apply to them (like that whole copyright thing I mentioned in my last post that you conveniently managed to completely ignore).
It doesn't hurt companies, it doesn't deny them their ability to sell merchandise
Are you seriously that braindead? If it makes you sleep better at night thinking all of your stealing isn't hurting anyone, fine, but that doesn't make it true. Why in the fucking world would so many companies be up in arms about copyright infringement if it wasn't affecting them. Do you think they hire hundred-thousand dollar lawyers to protect their intellectual property for fun?
If I didn't pirate something, I wouldn't buy it anyways. And neither would 99% of people who pirate things.
That's utter bullshit. It might be true for shitty music, but if someone wants a product badly enough to steal it, they are most likely willing to buy it. Does that matter for people in third world countries or the like, obviously not. But for all the ignorant teenagers that think they're hot shit because they "know how torrents work and how they're technically legal so that must mean I'm not doing anything wrong," it doesn't change anything. People will take what they want when it suits their purposes without regard to morality or the larger picture. Everyone wants to cheat the system, and that's one of the major reasons that I think the economy is in the trash.
As for the price of something: it's called supply and demand. If you don't like the price, that sucks for you. Maybe if enough ignorant people stopped giving in to idiotic prices it would be a more moderate purchase. Unfortunately people tend to be stupid. So you can steal it and blame others for forcing you into the theft; how very selfless.
None.