along_the_road@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 9 天前Sony erases digital content from libraries; we're reminded we don’t own what we buyarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1176cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up1176external-linkSony erases digital content from libraries; we're reminded we don’t own what we buyarstechnica.comalong_the_road@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 9 天前message-square15fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squarecowfodder@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up78·9 天前If payment for a digital item doesn’t confer ownership then digital piracy isn’t theft.
minus-squareMichal@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 天前Theft is if you take something away and they lose it. This is more of a licensing issue. All the company is deprived of is revenue, at least that’s what they think, assuming everyone downloading their content for free would otherwise pay for it.
If payment for a digital item doesn’t confer ownership then digital piracy isn’t theft.
Theft is if you take something away and they lose it. This is more of a licensing issue.
All the company is deprived of is revenue, at least that’s what they think, assuming everyone downloading their content for free would otherwise pay for it.