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I am not condemning or condoning piracy. It is taking someone else's property without their permission but if it is necessary for your health and well being or without it you must forfeit your first child to Rumpelstiltskin, well then who could cast blame.
I don't yell at people who pirate just because they can, or explain that it is not legal etc. Same as I don't chase down jaywalkers blowing a whistle. I do intervene physically if necessary in cases of violence against others and have reported an testified in cases of abuse and assault. So it is not a fear of getting involved.
The discussions I get drawn into are the ones where people attempt to justify their actions or encourage others to do the same, as if they won't feel as guilty somehow. If a person feels they are right, why the need for excuses? The only people who will agree are the ones with the same motivations.
And a lot of the motivations are pretty reasonable and a lot of the restrictions are damned silly. I can probably list 100 if I tried that are pretty defensible and have at one time or other been perfectly legal. None to do with ebooks though that I can think of other than the Rumpelstiltskin one.
If you are sure you are doing right, there should really be no need to justify.
Helen
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