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Originally Posted by Rich_D
It isn't theft, it's copyright infringement. If I am caught, i wouldn't be charged with theft I would be charged with copyright infringement.
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He was making an analogy. That illegal file sharing is like stealing. Indeed, I suspect that many people (and not just those directly involved in publishing) would agree with. That illegally appropriating intellectual property is the ethical equivalent of theft.
Now, can we please avoid silly legal hair splitting that really isn't relevant to the conversation?
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Bill