Thread: Piracy vs Bookstores
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Old 03-18-2008, 06:19 PM   #106
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...no, you are not technically "stealing"... but you are clearly violating the law by denying the payment that provides due compensation to the producer (the BBC).
You make an excellent weasel when you want to.

So, downloading an ebook without paying is stealing, but not paying the piracy tax that would otherwise legitimise the download is not stealing. Is this one of the weird American "taxes are stealing" arguments?
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