Jordan Kendrick :popos: (@jordan_kendrick@fosstodon.org)
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@Ertain@mast.linuxgamecast.com @gamingonlinux@mastodon.social If purchasing isn’t owning, then piracy isn’t stealing.

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

  • Burn_The_Right@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    7 months ago

    I’m not going to look up every state, but the Penal Code in some states explicitly define theft as:

    A person commits an offense if he unlawfully appropriates property with intent to deprive the owner of property.

    So, I think it is reasonable to include intent to deprive as part of the definition.

    • Stuka@lemmy.worldEnglish
      17·
      7 months ago

      You do understand the difference between penal code and the definition of a word, no? Surely the reason why the two are not at all even slightly interchangeable is plainly clear to anyone of reasonable intelligence.