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Originally Posted by starrigger
It is amazing to see all the rationalizations and justifications for stealing. (Not saying I've never done it myself.)
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I decided to just jump out of the thread as I find many peoples contentions underdeveloped and knew it would devolve. People really are the best storytellers.
Truths;
- The breach of copyright (copying an artefact you don't have the license or rights to) is illegal in many countries.
- Economic impact isn't truly known. It probably lies somewhere in the middle... and more importantly the distribution is unlikely to be even.
- Moralisation of such-and-such being evil or so-in-so being good as a means for justification of actions is often childish in construct and rather baseless more oft than not.
One of the main issues is this developed sense of entitlement - if economics mean xg4bx can't read said book who are they (the others) to stop him. Just be honest that you want what you want but you're too cheap to pay what the market demands so you have decided to break the law as likely laid down in the country you live in. All the rest is just fairy tales.