• PineRune@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      Stealing implies a transfer of ownership. Downloading a “COPY” of a digital game only infringes on a copyright or licence or whatever the multi-million dollar company wants to claim it has.

      If you don’t own the game by purchasing it, then it’s not stealing if you pirate it.

      • Venator@lemmy.nz
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        2 days ago

        Maybe he’s gonna break into the publishers office and steal the master copy 🤣

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        2 days ago

        I am, again, mostly fine with that.

        As long as that means you don’t pirate anything that has a physical version or is on GOG.

        I mean, that’s not entirely true, my views on piracy are more nuanced than that, but in terms of how much I can stand behind that line as an argument.