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rob05c  ·  3715 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Can we cogently refute "stealing is stealing"?

    there are no simple, trite, clear-cut methods for arguing that failing to pay royalties for the personal use of media is not the same thing as depriving the rights holder their rightful royalty payment.

    theft is theft

I think I see where Falzar is coming from. The way that's worded, I think it's begging the question. The question isn't whether one has the right to property. That's a given. The question is whether information is property. Whether information can be owned at all, practically or morally.