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Originally Posted by HarryT
Yes, it is different. Piracy is not unauthorised READING; it's unauthorised COPYING. When you read the magazine in B&N you are not creating an additional copy of the magazine. There was one magazine before you started to read it; there is still one magazine after you finish reading it. It's creating the extra copy by downloading that's violated copyright law; it's entirely irrelevent whether or not you subsequently read that copy that you've created.
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I object.
Copying isn't the problem, distribution is. I make unauthorized copies every time I burn a backup cd of something or other. I make unauthorized copies whenever I use the photocopier at the library. I dare you to go after me for piracy since the copies stay in my control.