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Originally Posted by AnotherCat
Well, prepare to be surprised because yes it does, except if it is for other than the person's private and domestic use (it specifically states that, hence my earlier post's use of "commercial") or, of course, it is not of criminal content e.g. child porn. To then distribute such material is not lawful.
I suspect that similar occurs in most countries in law
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No, it does not. In most countries, downloading pirated material is not legal.
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It is all very fine to claim the moral high ground in these sorts of things, but often it turns out that standing up on those heady and self satisfying heights just puts the real world out of view.
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The "real world" is the place in which I see people stealing my software every day and I am almost powerless to do anything about it. This is not some theoretical discussion we're having here; this is a real world issue that affects real people like me, so you'll forgive me, I hope, if it is something that I feel passionately about. I will never agree with the attitude that it's OK to take anything you want simply because you can.