I am ashamed that I hadn’t reasoned this through given all the rubbish digital services have pulled with “purchases” being lies.

  • @merc@sh.itjust.works
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    427 months ago

    It’s not theft though. When you steal something you deprive someone else of it.

    It’s just copyright infringement. Since copyright is an artificial temporary monopoly granted by the government, it’s pretty different from “theft”.