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Pluralistic: "If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing" (pluralistic.net)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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The ability to change features, prices, and availability of things you've already paid for is a powerful temptation to corporations.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

People are also "buying" products that are being taken away from them by the license holders of the purchased work. The article explains this with several examples in different markets.

[โ€“] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Still people share digital goods indiscriminately, even those which are possible to buy and own.