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Originally Posted by Ninjalawyer
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.
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Spoken like a guy whose work can't be pirated-yet!
If the product of NL's labor could be distributed free on the Internet, thus costing him income, he would not have this wise and understanding attitude about piracy.