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minus-squarehaui@lemmy.giftedmc.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down4·10 months agoTalk about mental gymnastics. You cant sell a limited time license. That is rent, plain and simple. If you pay 3 years rent at once or monthly, its still rent. If you pay for something and have to give it back, you dont actually become the „owner“. And thats why people say if buying isnt owning, piracy isnt theft, plain and simple.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·10 months agoRenting generally refers to physical goods, with the following property: when it’s being used by one party, it’s unavailable to everyone else. For intellectual property, things that can be used by N people without interference between them, the term limited license is correct.
minus-squarehaui@lemmy.giftedmc.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoIts still manipulative to call it „selling“ or „owning“.
Talk about mental gymnastics.
You cant sell a limited time license. That is rent, plain and simple. If you pay 3 years rent at once or monthly, its still rent.
If you pay for something and have to give it back, you dont actually become the „owner“.
And thats why people say if buying isnt owning, piracy isnt theft, plain and simple.
Renting generally refers to physical goods, with the following property: when it’s being used by one party, it’s unavailable to everyone else.
For intellectual property, things that can be used by N people without interference between them, the term limited license is correct.
Its still manipulative to call it „selling“ or „owning“.