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Originally Posted by jlmwrite
Simply because digital files are available on the internet and therefore aren't tangible objects don't mean they should be taken any more than taking the physical copy from a store is ok.
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People have copied tangible items without permission for hundreds of years. Calling it "theft" is a fairly new phenomena, most likely coming about as part of entertainment industry propaganda.
Before home taping killed the music industry in the 1970s, it was just called home taping. When video recorders came along and killed the film industry in the 1980s, that was also called home taping. Perhaps if they had called it "theft" instead both of those industries would have survived to this day?