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Originally Posted by HarryT
But can it be morally justifyable to download a book (or anything else, for that matter) which has been illegally uploaded? You may feel that you have a "moral" right to that book, but has the person who uploaded it acted "morally" in doing so? If not (and I think that most people would regard illegally uploaded copyrighted material as immoral) then I think personally that you are on very shaky ground in claiming to be "morally justified" in downloading that material.
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If you are a utilitarist then there is not automatic transference of immorality. I do not see how it follow from a rights based moral either so exactly how is the ground shaky?