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Originally Posted by HarryT
Sorry, but right and wrong are at the very heart of the debate. It is only by making the people who currently feel that they have some "right" to read books without paying for them realise that they are taking money away from the authors (whose work they presumably enjoy) and are doing wrong by them that one has any chance of changing their behaviour. Saying it's "illegal" is meaningless.
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We've been over this time and time again, and you still don't get it.
You are correct in that "right and wrong are at the very heart of the debate." But if you think that authors have something to do with this debate, you need a good stiff dose of reality.
Why is it right for a publisher to make money from a long-dead author?
Why is it right for the descendants of an author to make money from a work they did not author?
Why is it right for an author to take from the public domain and not give back?
To throw your words back at you:
It is only by making the people who currently feel that they have some "right" to own ideas without paying for them realize that they are taking money away from the public (whose work they used to create their book, and profit from it) and are doing wrong by them that one has any chance of changing their behavior.
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Originally Posted by HarryT
I'd be genuinely interested to know how you morally justify your actions.
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Simple. it's not immoral to steal from thieves.