"Don't copy that floppy" needs to be shared with the world

[OneWithFire]

Are you saying every law in existence is justified?

Also, piracy isn't stealing because you don't take the original. It's just copying. 

Inb4greenbh

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[zz_tophat]

So now you're saying the only feasible way to define 'steal' is to use the literal meaning of the word 'take'. So do baseball players literally 'steal' second base? Do the rip it out of the ground and walk away with it? They can't possibly be implying 'steal', I mean we have to use the literal meaning right?

That's another meaning of the word steal, the third in fact.

GET A DICTIONARY.

Since when are implied meanings considered butchering a language?

No, changing the vernacular for purely "shock and awe" ad campaign reasons is.

[dkamm65]

That's another meaning of the word steal, the third in fact.

Or yet another way to say it, IMPLIED MEANING.

[Sirrus]

I wish I had a sweet 90's haircut and sweet 90's rapping DOS box like in that video.

[Mateo]

Piracy isn't stealing. You don't go to the store and take the CD off the shelf. You are merely copying data that has been uploaded to the internet.

In fact, the real difference between piracy and stealing is exactly what zz_tophat said, piracy is copying, not taking. You cannot call someone who stole a CD from a store a pirate (Unless of course they were pillaging your town, but in most instances this is not the case), just as you cannot call someone who copies data a thief.

Or yet another way to say it, IMPLIED MEANING.

It isn't implied if it says it in the dictionary.

[zz_tophat]

Or yet another way to say it, IMPLIED MEANING.

No, for god sakes no goddammit.

An implied meaning for the word steal would be something in a different context.

As if the record company that you are copying music from was winking and giving you a hinting elbow jab while saying "you know that's 'stealing' right?"

[Inv3rted]

It all depends on who you're asking. The government and record labels will tell you it is stealing, but other people may disagree. It's subjective matter, so all of you can shut the forget up.

[zz_tophat]

It all depends on who you're asking. The government and record labels will tell you it is stealing, but other people may disagree. It's subjective matter, so all of you can shut the forget up.

It would be subjective if it was not established fact.

[Sirrus]

Here's my take on music pirating:

'Musicians' that get mad when their music is pirated are only mad because record sales are like 90% of their income, which means they either suck at, or don't play live. If an 'artist' can't even get up perform their art for people live, they probably aren't very good musicians to begin with.

It would be subjective if it was not established fact.

Burn

[dkamm65]

An implied meaning for the word steal would be something in a different context.

Oh my god, using 'steal' to say 'copying software illegally' IS a different context of the word 'steal' from is dictionary definition of 'physically taking something that doesn't belong to you'.

[Inv3rted]

It would be subjective if it was not established fact.

It would be established fact if it wasn't subjective.

[Sirrus]

It would be established fact if it wasn't subjective.

Inv3rted, I can only assume you're the kind of person that has a zero-tolerance policy for circular logic.

[zz_tophat]

Oh my god, using 'steal' to say 'copying software illegally' IS a different context of the word 'steal' from is dictionary definition of 'physically taking something that doesn't belong to you'.

Right, now you get it, however that is not the problem, the problem is that they take that implied meaning and state it as a factual meaning, it is not.

[Inv3rted]

I do have a zero tolerance policy for circular logic. Unfortunately I was not using it, as I was deliberately contradicting zz_tophat's post.

[dkamm65]

Right, now you get it, however that is not the problem, the problem is that they take that implied meaning and state it as a factual meaning, it is not.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand resolved. Thank you. I was just trying to narrow that jumbled mess of ideas into one neat sentence, and you have done that. I still disagree, but this argument won't resolve piracy, so it's a moot point.