tumbling4986@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 hours agoYT-DLP is Being Treated as a Piracy Tool By The IFPIitsfoss.comexternal-linkmessage-square94linkfedilinkarrow-up1503arrow-down14
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minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·20 hours agoThat’s not what piracy is, though. That’s why piracy isn’t theft.
minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down4·20 hours agoPiracy is an act of robbery on the high seas. Robbery is larceny from the person or presence of another by violence or threat. Larceny is the unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently.
minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·19 hours agoIn this context, we are referring to the “Copyright or patent infringement” definition, which is not theft.
minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·19 hours ago That’s not directed at you specifically.
That’s not what piracy is, though. That’s why piracy isn’t theft.
Piracy is an act of robbery on the high seas.
Robbery is larceny from the person or presence of another by violence or threat.
Larceny is the unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently.
In this context, we are referring to the “Copyright or patent infringement” definition, which is not theft.
That’s not directed at you specifically.
Is that the government?
Media mostly.
So, yes