[ameister14]

Using state violence to protect property is literally one of the main reasons for having a state at all.

[aydyn]

Intellectual property is not property, its a misnomer. A bluray disk is property. Do you own it or no?

[gruez]

>Intellectual property is not property

Look up the definition of "property". You'll find that it says nothing about it needing to be tangible. It literally just means "something that can be owned".

[LeoPanthera]

He was stealing the discs. Those are actual property.

[ameister14]

He stole those too

[kelseyfrog]

False. It's to protect citizens first and personal property second. Private property is invalid and a legal construction and assumes the personhood of corporations. It's this false equivalency that gives these orgs power over us. Our legal system should prioritize actual people. Anything else is morally bankrupt. A lot of people get mad because hearing the truth hurts.

[tzs]

> Private property is invalid and a legal construction and assumes the personhood of corporations

Interesting claim considering that private property predates corporations by centuries.

[timewizard]

To protect real property. Violations of copyright should be strictly civil issues. Why are the people who arrest murderers and vandals involved in this?

[floydnoel]

they don’t really worry about murderers nor vandals

[jebarker]

I honestly don't see why the cops should arrest someone that burgles an office building (say of a film producer) and not someone that gives away the content they paid to make for free. In what way is it different?