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Comment Re:Hard truths, depending on where you sit (Score 1) 46

No previous definition of theft ever included "so that I have it and you don't" until hairsplitting internet lawyers wanted to be able to download things they didn't own and not be called thieves.

No previous definition? Find any jurisdiction anywhere that has ever defined copyright infringement as theft. It never happened.

If I'm charged with theft, and I prove that the owner retained possession of the "stolen" property, I'll be acquitted. Obviously.
None of this excuses copyright infringement, but you simply used the wrong word.
Illegal immigration is not arson, and copyright infringement is not theft.

Comment Generalizations are fun (Score 1) 83

Meanwhile, all podcasts are made in Los Angeles (which is why I know how to pronounce "Los Feliz"), and every novel is set in New York City.

I had no idea Gritty was an anti-fascist meme.
Just about the only thing I know about Philadelphia culture is that Phillies fans throw batteries.

Comment Re:Just consoles? (Score 1) 66

The Nintendo did not compete with contemporary PCs.

The NES had hardware sprites, 64-color graphics, and 5 sound channels, at a time when PCs had a monophonic beeping internal speaker, and no graphics mode with more than 16 colors.
Arcade games were still very much a thing, because no home system (except the Amiga, arguably) could match their graphics and sound.

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