We should not get start a legal argument while discussing the ethic argument.
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Originally Posted by tsgreer
This is where the disagreement stems from. I think that stealing a physical book and downloading it from the internet illegally is exactly the same thing. So does the law in most countries. So do most authors and publishers. Just because it "costs" less to distribute electronically than traditional publishing doesn't make it any different.
Just because other people have access to another file after you steal it doesn't make it different. You didn't pay for it and the author/publisher/estate didn't want you to have it for free. If they want you to have it for free, they will give it to you for free.
You know, there are authors who agree with you. They make their work available for you. Stick to their work and everything's cool. If you take the the work that people don't want you to have because they own it, you are stealing!
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Another word for stealing is larceny. Larceny is a type of crime. I have never heard of someone being charged with larceny after downloading a file. If you know of one, please tell me.
The two are
not the same.