alt Hacker NewsPiracy has never been stealing. If you get into trouble with the legal system for piracy, it's for copyright infringement, not larceny.
Piracy has never been stealing. If you get into trouble with the legal system for piracy, it's for copyright infringement, not larceny.
But actual piracy has always been about stealing, so maybe it was not a smart move to label the movement after thieves and murderers, while insisting it is not about theft.
Because yes, it is copying. Nothing gets taken away. But when a pirate took a ship and it's gold away, it was gone.