Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

> It this case revenue or profit was stolen

The definition of theft is:

    a : the act of stealing
    specifically : the felonious taking and removing of personal property with intent to 
    deprive the rightful owner of it
    b : an unlawful taking (as by embezzlement or burglary) of property
Revenue or profit where not stolen because they weren't there in the first place to take. There's potential revenue, but it's not there to be stolen yet.

> [...] just like in wage theft. But you are not debating that for political reasons as wage theft won’t be theft going by your definition.

Please assume good faith when discussing here. I personally don't think that the concept called "wage theft" is actual theft, for the same reasons I don't think copyright violations are theft. In fact, I don't think I ever used that term anywhere, in this thread or in the past. So please don't attribute to me thoughts that I didn't express.

> You really think there is nothing immoral here?

Why does the fact that something is or isn't theft imply whether or not it is immoral? A lot of things are immoral but aren't theft.



Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: