What would you say if someone is forced to use certain software, which is both commercial and proprietary. To make a specific example, let's say you are studying at a university and your professor demands you turn in your files in Microsoft Office or Adobe CS formats. Would pirating such software be justified, because you don't really have the choice of using it? I understand the argument "if you don't want to give them money, don't consume their products", but this is a case where a company forces you use their products.
I'm asking in general, not for myself. I'm fortunate in that all my university computing needs can be met with a toaster running Free Software, but most students are not in such a position.
Austin Parker
This, but also with books. What if you are forced to have a certain book. What if you have your grandpa's but they force you to have the last edition?
The book was already paid for and they are are demanding your money for something you already possess.
Michael Ramirez
Is banking a sin?
Jason Brown
Piracy hurts the pockets of (((them))) the enemies of the Lord our God.
Andrew Lee
You can't steal something that is not in their possession.
Jayden Garcia
oh you're an anarch/commie? what is wrong with you, all your arguments assume a lawless chaotic world that has no basis in reality, where nothing matters and good/evil don't exist. you might as well say rape and murder don't matter because people are just atoms flowing through space. pathetic
Libraries pay fees to publishers.
The two people, if they can prove its the same idea, and they came up with it at the same instant of time, which would be extremely rare and bizarre. So they would profit share over it, or come to some agreement over how the product can be sold.
Brayden Turner
You don't buy the rights to it, goofball. If I buy a Harry Potter book I can't graphically remove the Author's Name and Publishing code and sell it as my own original work in bookstores.
Holy shit who let these 14year old 90IQ brainlets on Zig Forums ??
Carson Clark
Downloading a digital copy of code = Not stealing
Downloading said copy of code and selling it as your own = Stealing
Ignore the statists in here that say you have to respect the law of the land because it’s an unjust law in the first place.
Thomas Rivera
No, arguments against intellectual property are anarcho capitalist, not communist.
