Copyright infringement (piracy) has never been theft. The statement about purchasing and ownership gives ground to see creating more of something to be the same as taking something.

Plus you don't own games on steam, you've purchased a license. If you owned them you could resell them.

[–] Facebones@reddthat.com 4 points 10 months ago (7 children)

plus you don't own games on steam

I think you misread my comment somehow. I never said you did, just that they're good about maintaining access to content that gets pulled from the market for one reason or another.

[–] Chriswild@lemmy.world -2 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Yes you did. You said if you buy something on steam you own it.

[–] Vanix@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

"Of course I'm aware of the legal reality of content ownership"

How did you read this sentence then not get the implication he meant 'own a license than can be revoked' when he then used the word own? This is lemmy, everyone knows that implication for digital "ownership"

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

I can own a DVD that's digital ownership.

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