Katilian said:
gergroy said:
@ Onyx
lol, the only real difference is the value of the products in question. If the bill is large enough from geek squad, guess what, you will still go to jail if you don't pay it. So, what we are having a different opinion on is whether or not a service is the same thing as a tangible object, am I correct in stating that?
The biggest difference between service and what you are describing is that the person is already in business relationship with you by the time they are having the service. However, somebody performing an action for you is still a product that you buy. Whether that action is making a movie or servicing your computer, you are still paying for a service either way.
and yes, both of the things you described a similar, but just different forms stealing. Just because there are all sorts of different ways to steal now doesn't mean that some of them aren't stealing.
The article is arguing that theft is not the proper term for piracy. I'm saying it is. Back then, there was no such thing a computers, copies, downloads, etc. However, we have to adapt to new technologies and possibilites. We can't be beholden to archaic definitions of terms. That is what this article is about, and I'm sorry, but I don't agree.
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Firstly, most software isn't sold as a service, so I fail to see how that is relivant.
Secondly, we aren't beholden to archaic definitions. The correct term for piracy is Copyright Infringement, because the definition of stealing doesn't cover piracy.
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service kind of broke off from my initial agument. Which was software companies not getting paid for their time and effort. I used an analagy of a dog walker not getting paid to walk dogs, and Onyx told me it was stealing and then we kind of got off on a tangent on whether or not failure to pay for a service was stealing or not, which I have proven it is. :)
