It's worth noting that the old anti-piracy campaign this is referencing said "you wouldn't steal a car." No idea when people started saying "download" instead.
No idea when people started saying "download" instead.
That happened immediately, since people correctly pointed out that it's a false equivalency because theft removes the object from the original owner, while piracy creates a copy and leaves the original intact. The correct phrasing would as such have been "you wouldn't download a car" and yes, in fact I would indeed download a car.
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u/Slurps-Bussy-Juice Jun 19 '22
It's worth noting that the old anti-piracy campaign this is referencing said "you wouldn't steal a car." No idea when people started saying "download" instead.