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Originally Posted by Lady Fitzgerald
I can't destroy what is already broken. If you can't see the humor in Rich's feeble attempts to rationalize an illegal (where he lives) behavior, then I suppose it is meaningless to you. In the US (and, I'm pretty sure, anywhere else), it is illegal to make a copy of a book (be it paper or digital; the media is immaterial) for the purpose of distribution (it is a copyright violation). Trying to say it was alright for him to give away the original because he originally hadn't intended to when he first obtained the copy is lame; the purpose of the copy changed when he gave away the originals no matter his original intent. Then when called on it, he tried using various excuses, such as, "I can't throw away something that still has use. I can give it away or sell it if I don't need it anymore, but I can't destroy it." That changes the law how? At one time he said, "Do I care? Not one bit" yet he continues to rationalize. Frankly, it has been hillarious. I've tried to reserve making judgement and just tried to counter each argument, mostly by asking the person making the argument to explain themselves, but that has obviously not worked. Rich and his ilk are just selfish people who want to do what they want for their own childish, selfish reasons, the heck with anyone else's rights or what the laws are (no matter how wrong they may or may not be), and they need to grow up.
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There's a bit of a difference between answering questions and rationalizing behavior. In fact I was fine not answering anything at all until you asked my why I didn't think it was wrong.
As a matter of fact, I'm currently making .avi files of all the dvd's I own. Once the copies are complete and the files are backed up, I'll be giving the dvd's away.
Rationalizing assumes that I'm looking for approval from members of this board. I'm not. There are exactly 2 people in this world who's opinion matter to me and neither is a member of this board.