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Originally Posted by pdurrant
Is it a problem if I share one ebook with one friend? No.
Is it a problem if I share every ebook I buy with 100,000 friends? Yes.
There isn't a number x where: share 1 ebook with x friends is OK
but share 1 with x+1 friends with y is not OK.
Nor is there a number y where: share y ebooks with 1 friend is OK
but share y+1 ebooks with 1 friend is not OK That's rather what a grey area means. And that's why laws include words like "significant". |
But the gray area is exactly the problem. I have no trouble with the concept that a wrong action that is done once should be punished less severely than a wrong action that is done more than once. But I do have trouble understanding in my own head why an act is moral if done once or twice, but immoral if done "many" times, however "many" is defined.