• Snipe_AT@lemmy.atay.dev
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    1 year ago

    So you agree there is a difference then.

    edit: Revisiting this, as I’ve said before:

    I’m not arguing that the makers of the game are the victim. I’m arguing that the other consumers are.

    You seem unwilling to hold a consistent picture in this dialogue as you keep trying to argue the same thing.

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      I’m asking you how the creator of the piece of media can tell the difference, because they can’t.

      If I make a chair, and someone steals it, I’m down a chair. If I make a chair and someone doesn’t buy it, I still have the chair. There’s a difference to the creator here that isn’t there with digital media. That’s why piracy and theft are not the same thing.

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        I’m not arguing that the makers of the game are the victim. I’m arguing that the other consumers are.

        You seem unwilling to hold a consistent picture in this dialogue as you keep trying to argue the same thing.

        edit: and the answer to how a creator would tell the difference is between the incomes of the two events, one with piracy, another without.