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[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 166 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (18 children)

Because you signed (digitally) an agreement that lets them do that.

Pirate everything.

[–] Lord_ToRA@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Additionally, we can try to change the laws so we do actually own a copy.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca -5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

But we never owned a copy of any software or movie ever. We always had a license to watch or use the copy we purchased.

[–] Lord_ToRA@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Why does that matter to my point?

"But we've always been enslaved. We've never had rights as individuals in the first place." Is not an argument against change.

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