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Originally Posted by JeffElkins
Violation of copyright is not theft. If I take an orange from the grocery store, they no longer have that orange. If I download a book,song,film the original owner still has his copy. No theft has occured. It is a tort. A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law.
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It may not legally be considered theft, but I think morally it might be considered the equivalent.
Consider, each book sold represents money that goes to the publisher and the author. Therefore each book that is not sold because of copyright violation is money that has been effectively taken from the author and the publisher. The final result is exactly the same as if you had taken an equivalent amount of money from them.
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Bill