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Originally Posted by HansTWN
The point is, how can you justify the downloader getting something for free? What has he or she done to deserve it? No matter what or if there is any damage, no matter if anyone notices it. What gives the downloader the right to just take what doesn't belong to him?
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Someone getting something for free that I paid for is annoying, but I also don't care unless their getting something for free causes harm; my annoyance that someone got a benefit that I did not isn't a harm (or at least only a minor one), it's just me being petulant.
I would greatly prefer that piracy didn't exist, but if the harm that it causes is weighed against the harm caused by more draconian laws and internet monitoring, than I usually side with the pirates. Piracy may or may not be morally wrong, but I only care about its actual effects.