WtfEvenIsExistence3️@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoWould you steal if theft was not a crime? Why or why not?message-squaremessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down111
arrow-up145arrow-down1message-squareWould you steal if theft was not a crime? Why or why not?WtfEvenIsExistence3️@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square70fedilink
minus-squareFrater Mus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42arrow-down1·1 year agoNo. My behavior is derived from ethics, not from law.
minus-squareHelix 🧬@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·1 year agoWhat if the company you’re stealing from is ethically bankrupt?
minus-squareCuriousGoo@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoLike Adobe / Microsoft / Google / Meta / … maybe most large enterprises ? No question about it.
minus-squareDubious_Fart@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agodownloading software isnt theft, soooo unless you are breaking into their offices its not really stealin from them.
minus-squareCuriousGoo@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoWarez piracy is anyway not “stealing” since you’re not taking the digital item away, tis something which can be infinitely copied.
minus-squareNewwit@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoMeta, Google and Microsoft sell’s hardware though. Not too sure about adobe
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.
Meta, Google and Microsoft sell’s hardware though. Not too sure about adobe