WtfEvenIsExistence3️@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoWould you steal if theft was not a crime? Why or why not?message-squaremessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down15
arrow-up121arrow-down1message-squareWould you steal if theft was not a crime? Why or why not?WtfEvenIsExistence3️@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareFrater Mus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoNo. My behavior is derived from ethics, not from law.
minus-squareHelix 🧬@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoWhat if the company you’re stealing from is ethically bankrupt?
minus-squareCuriousGoo@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 years agoLike Adobe / Microsoft / Google / Meta / … maybe most large enterprises ? No question about it.
minus-squareDubious_Fart@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agodownloading software isnt theft, soooo unless you are breaking into their offices its not really stealin from them.
minus-squareCuriousGoo@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoWarez piracy is anyway not “stealing” since you’re not taking the digital item away, tis something which can be infinitely copied.
No. My behavior is derived from ethics, not from law.
What if the company you’re stealing from is ethically bankrupt?
Like Adobe / Microsoft / Google / Meta / … maybe most large enterprises ? No question about it.
downloading software isnt theft, soooo unless you are breaking into their offices its not really stealin from them.
Warez piracy is anyway not “stealing” since you’re not taking the digital item away, tis something which can be infinitely copied.