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Originally Posted by Penforhire
Eppy, the morality of sharing is not moot now. Since the genie is out of the bag morality is the entire point remaining. Your choice, what you or I do, is defined not by DRM but solely by our ethics (assuming competence in darknet matters). So the right or wrong of the situation is the most valuable debate we can have concerning DRM.
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I think it's moot because of my alcohol argument. Alcohol was illegal in the US in the 30's and it was a waste of lives and money, then it became legal, moral or not. Sharing is "illegal" but the moral point is pretty moot because you can't stop it, like alcohol. I don't think people argue the morality of selling alcohol, and I can prove that that kills people. Why argue about the morality of sharing? Because peoples' hard work isn't being fairly compensated? My whole point is that legally and morally we can sell and consume alcohol, and that kills people. What is sharing compared to that? Nothing. Of course, if I had a magic box that could create Smirnoff Vodka and gave the vodka away for free that would be illegal, not the fact that alcohol kills people and the alcohol company's could care less. By the way, I'm for alcohol, it shouldn't be illegal, because that doesn't stop drinking and it creates a whole host of other problems. Just like i'm for sharing, it shouldn't be illegal, because that doesn't stop sharing and it creates a whole host of other problems for legitimate consumers.