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<blockquote data-quote="Cloudane" data-source="post: 126421"><p>Okay, it seems that material according to the dictionary definition can mean an idea, so I'll have to admit an incorrect choice of wording. What I meant to say was *tangible*. Take this quote - "I take an apple from your table without paying for it." - that's the part which I was saying is flawed because stealing an apple of someone's table is removing a tangible object and depriving the owner of it. Therefore theft. I'm not saying that taking a copy of software isn't wrong, but it isn't depriving someone of stock. Put simply, it's not 'theft' - it's copyright infringement. It's still wrong, but don't try to make it into something that it isn't.</p><p></p><p>It's more like, someone comes along with a device that takes the structure of all of the atoms of the apple and can instantly create a clone. The original is still sat there and can still be sold. It'd still be 'wrong' to do so, and I'm sure laws would be put in place to prevent it, but it's still a completely inappropriate analogy.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes, well.. anyone who won't pay $5 for a decent app is truly pathetic. If people rip off your app... all I can say is wow...</p><p></p><p>But you're arguing with me for the wrong reason. I'm not trying to say that piracy isn't bad or justifying it. Just that developers are using the wrong analogies. Yes in some cases people pirate things even though they could afford them and would buy them if copies weren't available. But I see a lot of developers claiming that every single pirated copy is depriving them of a sale. That's wrong. There are some people who wouldn't buy it no matter what. I saw someone earlier in the thread say that if he couldn't copy Windows then he'd just use Linux... there's your example.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cloudane, post: 126421"] Okay, it seems that material according to the dictionary definition can mean an idea, so I'll have to admit an incorrect choice of wording. What I meant to say was *tangible*. Take this quote - "I take an apple from your table without paying for it." - that's the part which I was saying is flawed because stealing an apple of someone's table is removing a tangible object and depriving the owner of it. Therefore theft. I'm not saying that taking a copy of software isn't wrong, but it isn't depriving someone of stock. Put simply, it's not 'theft' - it's copyright infringement. It's still wrong, but don't try to make it into something that it isn't. It's more like, someone comes along with a device that takes the structure of all of the atoms of the apple and can instantly create a clone. The original is still sat there and can still be sold. It'd still be 'wrong' to do so, and I'm sure laws would be put in place to prevent it, but it's still a completely inappropriate analogy. Yes, well.. anyone who won't pay $5 for a decent app is truly pathetic. If people rip off your app... all I can say is wow... But you're arguing with me for the wrong reason. I'm not trying to say that piracy isn't bad or justifying it. Just that developers are using the wrong analogies. Yes in some cases people pirate things even though they could afford them and would buy them if copies weren't available. But I see a lot of developers claiming that every single pirated copy is depriving them of a sale. That's wrong. There are some people who wouldn't buy it no matter what. I saw someone earlier in the thread say that if he couldn't copy Windows then he'd just use Linux... there's your example. [/QUOTE]
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