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Originally Posted by tompe
That is just because you mistakenly think in terms of theft. Think in terms of copyright violation and it will be rather natural. It is like if somebody broke down a door and you passed and took a photograph of what you saw.
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Based on your example, "taking a photograph" would equate to seeing a book's cover through the open door. I'm talking about taking its contents to read, or walking in the door and taking property out. Not the same thing.
And that's because you do not think downloading a document that was not duly authorized to be "online and available" is theft. Clearly we disagree on that.
I get that Swedish law sees the taking of an e-book as "taking nothing." What I don't see is how Sweden can equate an intellectual creation protected by copyright law, in electronic or
any form, as "nothing." That seems to say that no intellectual property has value in Sweden... other than the paper and ink it's printed on. And I have a hard time believing Sweden believes that.