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RE: If Buying is not Owning; Does Piracy Cease to be Theft? In 2000s games started a ...

in DBuzz8 months ago

I guess you are paying for a service rather than product, so piracy still qualifies as theft although in case of abandonware or blocked DRM's it's much closer to what we could call a 'victimless' crime.

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in case of abandonware or blocked DRM's it's much closer to what we could call a 'victimless' crime.

This is what I was suggesting in the title. If the company is not making money on a specific product, could it even be considered theft if someone "pirate" the product.