I'm going to reply to the guy above here too because Win deleted my direct reply to him. (there's more than 5 replies) He said:
steal copyrighted materials
That doesn't make any sense. I'm for some basic copyright and patent stuff to stimulate innovation, but copyright infringement isn't stealing. It's usually a civil offense in free societies. It's like he was channeling some RIAA spokesman who said "you're stealing our profits!"
Now you could argue that if someone says "Look I'll make and distribute this game, but ONLY if you pay me. Please don't play it without paying me", then it's immoral to play the game without his permission, but that doesn't make it theft.
This kind of redefinition of common words for propaganda purposes is why I'm now an anti-vaxxer for some reason.
I'm going to reply to the guy above here too because Win deleted my direct reply to him. (there's more than 5 replies) He said:
That doesn't make any sense. I'm for some basic copyright and patent stuff to stimulate innovation, but copyright infringement isn't stealing. It's usually a civil offense in free societies. It's like he was channeling some RIAA spokesman who said "you're stealing our profits!"
Now you could argue that if someone says "Look I'll make and distribute this game, but ONLY if you pay me. Please don't play it without paying me", then it's immoral to play the game without his permission, but that doesn't make it theft.
This kind of redefinition of common words for propaganda purposes is why I'm now an anti-vaxxer for some reason.