Thread: Piracy vs Bookstores
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Old 03-17-2008, 08:57 PM   #72
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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan View Post
You can use whatever clever wordplay you like, but taking something with a cost attached to it, and not paying for it, is...?
Context dependent. If you said "in the USA taking a physical good that is for sale without paying is stealing" you would be correct. But watching a television in the UK when the license fee has not been paid is not stealing. Both are "taking" as you're trying to define it.
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