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

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[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 34 points 11 months ago

Digital piracy is not theft, by definition. Theft requires taking something with the intent to deprive the owner, copying things does not deprive the owner.

Digital piracy is copyright infringement, which (in the vast majority of cases) is not even a crime. It is a civil offense.