> Yes, copying IS theft - you are depriving the owner of the content from having...

recursive · 2025-03-11T00:35:22 1741653322

Before, the owner had this cool thing. It was a bit abstract. But the thing that they had was this. They had a state of being in which you didn't have the content. If you now have the content, you've deprived them of existing in this state. A state where you didn't have it.

Or at least that's how I read it.

ryandrake · 2025-03-11T01:02:57 1741654977

Clear as mud, thanks.

recursive · 2025-03-11T03:34:34 1741664074

Lol, anytime. It is a bit of a tortured construction. I don't know if I got it right or if it was said seriously.