On: The Anti-Ownership eBook Economy

[toastal]

“Piracy can’t be stealing if paying for it isn’t owning”

[hhjinks → unmole]

You do own the power you purchase. You just decide to give it away to our collective pool of entropy right away. You could store it in a battery instead if you wanted.

[DharmaPolice → unmole]

Why do you think you can't own electricity?

And taking credit for something you didn't do may or may not be some form of misrepresentation/fraud, but I doubt many jurisdictions would consider it literal theft.

[unmole → DharmaPolice]

There are no jurisdictions that consider copyright infringement literal theft either. But here we are.

[concordDance → unmole]

I trust you'll be able to figure out how those situations are different with a minutes thought.

[unmole → concordDance]

I trust if you spend a few more minutes, you will be able to figure out the idiocy of the original argument.

[hsbauauvhabzb → unmole]

You wouldn’t download a car.

[nebula8804 → hsbauauvhabzb]

With todays prices, everyone would if they could.

[concordDance → unmole]

The idiocy of the original is irrelevant to the merits of your post.

[unmole → concordDance]

My comment was absurd because it was itintended to show the absurdity of the original comment. It makes no sense otherwise.

[Nitrolo → unmole]

I know you're joking, but at least in Germany you couldn't _steal_ electricity because electricity is not a _thing_ (according to German law)[0]. They fixed that well over a century ago by just making electricity theft itself a specific crime though.

[0] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entziehung_elektrischer_Energi...