This analogy is crap. When they took your paycheck, that was theft. Even if temporarily, you didn't have the check. If they cash the fraudulent check, they're not copying the money; it's coming out of your account. That's also theft. Both cases, the original is being removed, whether it be the physical check or the money from your account. The only reason there might be a "copy" in your analogy is some sort of fraud protection by the bank, at which point it's the bank's money getting stolen. Still theft though.

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Theft is more than just physically removing a non-fungible item. Depriving owed earnings is also considered theft, hence why piracy is considered theft because there is a debt owed for the pirated media. If you believe in wage theft, then you believe in IP theft.

[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Depriving owed earnings is also considered theft.

I mean, so is not doing anything... wait i better not give them any ideas.

[–] sqgl@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Do I need to need to pay for the IP of your idea?

[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

If you aim to make significant profit with it. Yes. Otherwise i had nothing to lose to begin with.

[–] taco@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

hence why piracy is considered theft because there is a debt owed for the pirated media

This is objectively false in any meaningful way. It's certainly not considered theft (at least in the US), and there's absolutely no debt owed for pirated media (unless you count seeding it forward).