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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
Somehow, I had a feeling this is where this thread would be going...
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Yes, me too. So I'd decided It'd be pointless to add anything.
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And then, you came up with this:
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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
It's been discussed a few times around these parts. 
For the record, simply depriving someone of their legal property without permission, whether you gain from that act or not, constitutes theft. Gain is largely irrelevant. (In such case, the question becomes: Is an e-book considered a copyright holder's legal property?)
The general consensus among MR members (if I may be so bold) is that the inherent and practical differences between physical property and electronic documents still need to be addressed by the world at large, and an agreement reached, as to what should be bound under copyright infringement and/or theft, or if new rules need to be applied, to enact an acceptable global stance on the matter.
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In the last few months, I've seen none of the threads about this specific issue end up on such reach a consensus, except on the fact that saying "
theft" when one is talking of "
copyright infrigement" was an abuse of language that should be banished. I should know, I closely followed everyone of them, and participated in most.
As a matter of fact, it appears that even the forum's most in favor of "
hard copyright" rules (you, HarryT and so on) have somewhat agreed to the point, since I've noticed most of you guys have stopped confusing the terms in your posts.
I wonder if we shouldn't open a thread on this topic, not to discuss minute details and contradict each other, but for interested members to develop their overall views on the subject and their reasons to have them (moral, philosophical, pragmatic and so on).