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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
For the same reason they think it's reasonable to watch TV without paying for it (there is no TV tax in the US), listen to music at a friend's house or on the radio (or overheard from the neighbor's barbecue), take a book left in a box in the mailroom of an apartment complex, read dozens of greeting cards at a store without buying any of them, look up a chart at the library without checking out the book, read yesterday's newspaper that someone left on the bus, visit a coffee shop with free wifi and read blogs for two hours, watch a video at syfy.com, or browse the murals painted on the sides of buildings.
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This is an excellent point. I would add that when it comes to TV especially, we also feel we have a right to make a copy of the program for our own use. Or to photocopy or scan material from library books. Or to read newspapers online and copy the content.