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Intellectual-Property
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It Was Never Property
When Sony deleted movies people had ‘bought,’ the internet answered with a slogan: if buying isn’t owning, then piracy isn’t theft. The grievance is real and the words are wrong, both halves of them. Copying was …
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The Button Marked Buy
Sony deleted movies people had bought, and the internet fired back: if buying isn’t owning, then piracy isn’t theft. I get the anger. But the slogan is wrong twice, and the wrongness is exactly why the people saying it keep …