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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger
If it is legally wrong, it should be considered morally wrong as well.
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Hmmm, I wonder about that...
One can steal information. As such, there are laws surrounding intellectual property rights etc.
Some people engage in the theft and distribution of information for a greater good. Other people do it for financial gain. And some people simply abide by the law even when they might be able to prevent great harm from occurring.
Now, if one were to become aware of a government or corporation's plans which would have a significant and adverse effect on humanity, would it be immoral to "steal" that information and disperse it for the greater good? What about simply doing nothing? Would that be moral?
However, in the case of Good e-Reader, they certainly seem to have engaged in some immoral and unethical behaviour in terms of profiting from the sale of pirated books. So for them to be expressing outrage about it without coming clean about their own history is really quite hypocritical.