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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
Whether it is okay or not is irrelevant, it is just a fact of life. What you call piracy has existed for hundreds of years, and despite the bleating of the entertainment industry every time some new technology comes along, it has not caused the death of entertainment. The only thing that is different with the internet is it has made it a lot more visible than it used to be. The entertainment industries have used this visibility as an excuse to lobby governments and pay for new laws, but it hasn't made any difference to piracy whatsoever.
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This is very true and a different argument. Some people only want free stuff and will take it at every opportunity. The comment was directed at people who make up excuses to say what they are doing is ok.
There is a saying we have here: "You don't have to lie to kick it." Meaning: You can still hang out with me, don't worry about making a story up.
I don't need a laundry list of excuses that you feel it should be ok (morally or otherwise) - in reality it's not. Let's not make up mathematical equations so that we can stick that "X" factor in.