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I ditched Spotify and set up my own music stack

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275 points starkparker | 1 comments | 04 Sep 25 22:47 UTC | HN request time: 0.297s | source
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dankwizard ◴[04 Sep 25 23:59 UTC] No.45133610[source]▶
Ha, this is the guy that got absolutely butchered in his Reddit post [1] about the same link. OP has extensive history in the piracy subreddits and believes piracy is not theft.

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1n87xho/why_i_d...

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BLKNSLVR ◴[05 Sep 25 00:16 UTC] No.45133703[source]▶
> believes piracy is not theft

That's true by definition isn't it? Piracy (Internet piracy, since that's the context) is copyright infringement, not theft.

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dankwizard ◴[05 Sep 25 00:20 UTC] No.45133731[source]▶
Maybe by definition, but if you're a game developer and you find out everybody is pirating your game and not purchasing it from Steam/physical store, it's akin to them walking into the store, sliding the product under their jacket and walking out. You're not going to say "They are infringing on my copyright".
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1. BLKNSLVR ◴[05 Sep 25 05:15 UTC] No.45135188[source]▶
The world in which I choose to live (which is seemingly getting further removed from 'shared reality') the meaning of words actually matter. I'm reminded of the classic Calvin & Hobbes strip[0] that ends "Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding"

"Maybe by definition" does not a counter-argument start.

[0]: https://www.reddit.com/r/words/comments/10k610a/calvin_and_h...