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Originally Posted by Quexos
Again this kind of post is irrelevant. If someone steals my car, I won't have that car anymore. If I leave my door open and someone takes my stuff, it won't be there anymore. But this guy, nothing has been taken from him. A download is a copy only. Why do you compare stealing and copying ?
And it is totally ingratiating to go to such length to uphold the elite's interests. (Unless you are one of the elites, in which case it would make sense)
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Well first of all I dispute your use of the word ingratiating. You can only ingratiate yourself if the person you are ingratiating is aware of your ingratiating behavior.
And I am curious as to what you mean by the elites. Anyone who is successful in life perhaps? Or has gained more success or money than you have though their effort or luck etc.?
I think copying without the owners permission is wrong and in this case, because the perpetrator was doing it for personal gain (self aggrandization can be considered personal gain) and encouraging others by his actions to do something at the very least unethical is worse than stealing your car. Only one person is stealing your car while this person is encouraging as many people as possible to take the author's property without paying for it.
Regardless of the law if I had something someone else owned and did something with it against their wishes without their permission I would consider this unethical and sleazy behavior, whether it be copying a book, or using their grandmothers antique soup tureen as a chamberpot.
You are perfectly within your rights to defend pirates big or small, I will not even accuse you of ingratiating yourself with them as I doubt you could. Just be aware that the more you lower your ethical standards, the faster snd farther they will fall.
Helen