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Originally Posted by starrigger
First, I didn't call the scanner a parasite. I said that those who operate pirate sites, probably making a profit in the bargain, are behaving as parasites.
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No, you quite clearly said that the illegal uploaders are behaving like parasites, and as I pointed out before, the scanner is most likely the one who initially did the upload. Also, if X is saying "Y behaves like a ___" I've heard it referred to as "X called Y a ___".
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Originally Posted by starrigger
As for the rest of your post, I can only wonder, are you someone perhaps who engages in this uploading activity? If so, that might help explain the tenor of your accusations. If not, then I have no explanation.
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Cute, I was wondering if you were going to accuse me of something. But the explanation is simple: you said that from an ethical point taking something that isn't yours is stealing (post 57), after saying that you said that you took the digitized version to sell (post 53). I see that as an ethical dilemma and asked you about it.
Those that agreed that you did nothing wrong were talking from a legal point of view (the digitized work isn't copyrighted, the scanner/uploader did something illegal and doesn't have rights), but you said that your comments should be considered from an ethical, and not legal point of view (and reasserted that in post 59). So as I said, they didn't pay attention to your posts. Also, their comments weren't really affecting my point to you because they weren't talking about ethics.