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Originally Posted by ardeegee
That was my point-- he is blatantly pushing an overly simplistic black-and-white view on piracy, so it seems perfectly logical that he has an overly simplistic black-and-white view on other issues, too.
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Rather he was pointing out that the "gray issues" are a terribly small minority of the ACTUAL cases. Folks like to talk them up and obscure the basic reality. Taking commercial products without paying for them is stealing.
Pirating a book is stealing:
It's stealing whether or not you are too poor to pay.
It's stealing whether or not you think the corporations are evil greedy b@stards
It's stealing even if you wouldn't have bought the item in question any way
It's stealing even if you WOULD have bought the product, if only it was offered at a price you'd rather pay
It's stealing even though everybody does it
It's stealing even though copyrights are ridiculously long
It's stealing even though DRM does more to hamper legitimate buyers than it does to step theives
It's stealing even if you are too stupid to realize that "free on the internet" doesn't mean it's not really free
It's stealing even if you tell all your friends about how great the book is and they all go buy it.
It's stealing even if some authors think it's good advertising
It's stealing even if it IS good advertising
It's stealing even though borrowing a physical book from a friend is not stealing.
The very very very small minority of situations where it MIGHT not be stealing do not change the VAST majority of scenarios where it is stealing.
Lee