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    1 year ago

    “saying true things” is not “soapboxing.”

    I’ve probably pirated more total tb than half the people here, but have the intellectual honesty to own what you’re doing.

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      1 year ago

      You’re good at intellectual property rights violations. You broke the law. And yet, you did not steal .

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        1 year ago

        Sure, a court would charge you with different crimes, but the concept is the concept and a forum post is not court.

        I prayed shit all the time when I couldn’t afford it. When I got money, I eventually rebuilt a lot of those games for convenience’s sake. Comics, not so much, but I have thousands upon thousands of them.

        I did it because I couldn’t afford it. If you take something that is being sold, without paying for it, how is that concept not stealing?