Anderas wrote:The difference is, if you take the bread it is gone from the shop. If you take the picture it is still there, so the theft aspect is more difficult to explain.
That's why it's a specified form of theft, namely piracy.
You are still taking something that's not yours. It's really not that difficult a concept.
But again, I don't really think people don't know it's illegal... But oh boy, the rationalizing!
I agree with Mohawk in his postulate that the continued existence of massive piracy is somewhat the sellers own fault. Well of course it's the pirates' fault because they keep doing it... Buuuut...
I specifically think of the music, movie and games industries. They need to change to suit today's audience. It's expensive and troublesome.
A thing like Steam is really nice. I definitely started buying more games after I started using it. The fact that all your games are just digital and downloadable at anytime forever is really awesome.
No more scratched or lost CDs. No more missing CD-keys. No more physical storage.
But then again, I can't borrow a game from a friend (family sharing is a step in the right direction though).
And I can't sell a game when I'm done with it.
And then we have massive turds like U-play! Yeah! A game service within my game service. U-play can please go die in a fire.
And that's a big part of why games piracy is still a thing.