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Originally Posted by bill_mchale
You might be a utilitarian, but being a utilitarian, you should understand that proper utilitarian ethics requires the concept of enlightened self interest. Illegal downloads of books is wrong from a utilitarian perspective because it decreases the motivation of the author and the publisher to produce more books. In the long run it will hurt the downloader as well as the person whose books were downloaded.
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Actually I strongly believe that in the long run it is better at least if we look at the totality. I believe that the sooner we remove the absurd copyright laws we have now the better since it will stimulate creativity and give rise to thing we cannot predict that will enhance all our lives.