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Originally Posted by Namekuseijin
It's actually "depriving an author from income" but that would be much too anal...
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Quite so.
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In any case, think what would happen if you enter a store, take a few items and head for the exit. Someone with a gun would stop you, right?
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Apart from the "gun" part, yes, in all probability. And rightly so.
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So, that's why you don't usually steal things, not because of law nor morals
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I don't think this is the right place to discuss penal theory and voluntary compliance in detail. That said, yes, that's theft and, yes, there are laws against it.
I am the first to admit that it takes a certain ability of abstraction, if you will, to see why the situation is almost completely different for intangible objects. Most importantly, you can't steal them. Be that as it may, I'm not going to have this discussion again. I'm sure there are other dead horses in dire need of a good flogging.