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Originally Posted by gmw
Isn't "pirate because of agency rip-off prices" the equivalent to shoplifting designer labels because they're rip-off prices? Are you suggesting that somehow makes it okay?
The answer to not liking the price of something is to not buy it, not to steal it.
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This is a bad example. A better example would be the person who takes a picture of an expensive picture hanging in an art store, because they cannot afford to buy the original. By taking a picture, the original is still available to the owner to be sold to someone who can afford it, and wants to pay the price to own it. Piracy is not theft. If I steal your bicycle, you cannot use it. If I make an exact matter replica of your bicycle, you can still ride yours, and I can ride the copy I made. You are out nothing. This is the basic difference between theft and copyright infringement.
Sorry for the mini-rant. This sort of false equivalency irritates me.