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[-] railway692@piefed.zip 84 points 3 weeks ago

It's not theft. It's copying or copyright infringement.

If it was theft, the owners wouldn't have it anymore.

The words matter because they change your moral intuition about it.

[-] EriktheRed@piefed.ca 7 points 3 weeks ago

Thank you! This is such an important distinction.

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